1. Briefly describe the history of agriculture over the last one hundred years.  Discuss the first and second green revolutions.
2. Explain what integrated pest management is and how it has been used successfully in Asia (p. 560 in the textbook).
3. Describe each of the major benefits of pesticide use (disease control, crop protection
4. Describe the controversy over genetically modified foods.  Discuss each of the topics below:
   Texas male sterile corn
   Showa Denko company in Japan – manufactured tryptophan (1989)
   Bt corn – discuss the Starlink controversy (2000)
5. Make a clear argument justifying large scale agricultural methods, including the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.  Consider the economics of land use.

Bibliography

http://marknicodemo.mu.nu/archives/Working_the_Rice_Paddies-Vietnam.jpg : has good pictures but other than that it is not that useful. 

http://www.communityipm.org/Concepts/ipmdev.html : Good site for pictures and general information. 

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Biology/eh01/pesticides/pro,consof_pesticides.html

http://www.scionline.org/index.php/Pros_and_Cons_of_Organic_and_Conventional_Agriculture

http://mail.rdcrd.ab.ca/~rbirch@rdcrd.ab.ca/S010C2E0A.8/Pros%20and%20Cons%20of%20Fertilizer%20and%20Pesticides.pdf