The Colleges of Agriculture, University of Basra, organized a training course on modern methods for detecting and controlling termites, snakes and scorpions in orchards and housing units associated with agricultural systems to the cadre of agricultural engineers in the people and agricultural units of all state departments.. The course aimed to train the cadre of agricultural engineers on using the latest applicable methods and techniques In the countries of the world to combat termites and raise the scientific and applied level to keep pace with the development taking place in the developed countries.. The course in which Prof. Dr. Muslim Ashour Abdel Wahed and Dr. Laila Abdel Rahim Bunyan attended included a discussion of legalizing the use of specialized chemical pesticides to combat termites. The ground and work on modern methods of control using insect growth regulators and Xterra traps to prevent infection in orchards and all establishments and the use of the pest management program with emphasis on the aspect of monitoring and prediction of infestation and the use of preventive treatments. In this area