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English title:
Biological control and integrated pest management
Course ID:
3A122
ECTS credits:
6,0
Title in native language:
Lotta biologica e integrata
Term Semester:
Autumn/Winter
Instruction language(s):
Italian
Course content:


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.)

Expected previous knowledge:
Basic knowledge of entomology, agronomy, arboricolture, chemistry and ecology.
Learning outcomes:

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

Teaching and learning methods:

o lectures
o guided tours
o e-learning
o self-assessment tests
o laboratory exercises
o Lecture

Exam method:

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

Scheduled dates:

September - December (Winter Semester 2019/20)

Curriculum:

Master Degree Land and Agricultural Science


Organisation: Università Politecnica delle Marche - Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences

Country:
Italy
Acronym:
UNIVPM
ERASMUS+ code:
I ANCONA01
Teaching period summer semester:
17. Feb 2020 - 14. Jun 2020
Teaching period winter semester:
16. Sep 2019 - 20. Dec 2019