Agrilife Extension Resources

This introductory course is for School district administrators, animal control specialists, code enforcement agents, and pest management professionals. This course offers SPCS-TDA license holders 1 Pest CEU toward annual license renewal.

Explore how to start a beehive with this online beekeeping course for beginners. Learn how to start a beehive, honey bee biology, beekeeping equipment needed and more.

This introductory course will teach you to connect ant behavior and treatment methods, identify different species, perform ant treatments, and solve problems using IPM practices. In Texas, this course is approved for one hour of General-Pest Features category CEU credit.

Do you know how to apply IPM principles to your school garden as required by Texas state law? After this course, learners will know how IPM principles apply to school gardens, differentiate between harmful and beneficial insects, and more. District School IPM Coordinators can use this module as part of their education plan.

This course is for anyone wanting to learn how pests in Texas and the Southern United States invade our homes. It helps the learner understand how to prevent and/or manage common household pests without the use of pesticides by using different control tactics. What are the most common pests and how do you prevent them from moving inside with you? Even if you live in an apartment, this lesson will help you keep your home pest and pesticide free!

Are you interested in learning about plant diseases and how to detect pathogens and pests? This online course introduces plant pathology basics to horticulture enthusiasts. Upon completion, learners will know how to identify issues based on visible symptoms and locate the resources to treat basic plant ailments.

This course is for new or veteran school IPM coordinators, school administrators, and others who need to understand the Texas school IPM requirements.

This four-course aquatic vegetation series provides landowners and pesticide applicators biological information for submerged, algae, floating, and emergent species of problematic aquatic plants found in Texas.

Stink bugs are a nuisance pest for gardens, landscapes, and orchards. Learn how to identify this new invasive stink bug species that has been devastating orchards, gardens, and small acreage farms across the Eastern United States. Learn how to scout this pest as well as how to differentiate it from other similar looking pests.