Lotta biologica e integrata
Ecology of insect pests. Population dynamics. Sampling techniques. Economic thresholds. Forecasting models. Phytosanitary legislation .
Evolution of control strategies for agricultural crops: from the blind use of chemical control methods to the integrated agricultural production. Insect pests control methods: agronomic and genetic, physical, mechanical, biological, microbiological, biotechnical, chemical (insecticides, miticides, nematicides, molluscicides) .
Strategies for integrated and biological control of the major insect pests of orchard crops (olives, grapes, pome and stone fruit), herbaceous (corn, potato) and vegetables (tomato, pepper, eggplant, etc.)
At the end of this course, students should be able to develop and implement biological and integrated pest control strategies against phytophagous insects with a reduced environmental impact.
main groups of pathogens and be able to transmit scientific results orally and in written form in Spanish and English
o lectures
o guided tours
o e-learning
o self-assessment tests
o laboratory exercises
o Lecture
The final exam will be based on an oral discussion. During the course, there will be self-evaluation tests available on the Moodle platform (e-learning mode), in order to provide to the students useful information about their skill level. English can be used for the final examination
September - December (Winter Semester 2019/20)
Master Degree Land and Agricultural Science