VITICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in VITICULTURAL, OENOLOGICAL AND FOOD TECHNOLOGIES

Disciplinary Sector:

General and Applied Entomology

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

LENTINI Andrea

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Minimum hours of attendance:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Students should have a good knowledge of grapevine biology.

AF code:

40003406

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Progress Written Tests, Final Oral Examination. The student must prepare an entomological collection of at least 50 insects.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The course provides the basic concepts of applied entomology and a more specific knowledge of the grape insect pests: morphology, anatomy, physiology and systematics; biology and applied ecology; integrated pest management going into more depth of grape insect control.

Contents

General Entomology (Morphology, Anatomy, Postembryonic development, Principles of population ecology of insect pests. Pest Control (Biological and chemical Control, Pest control strategies , Economic damage threshold, Intervention threshold, Integrated control). Systematic Entomology and Grape pests (description of the principal Orders and Families), (biology, population dynamics and control strategies of the main grape pests).

Recommended Bibliography

- E. Tremblay, Entomologia applicata, vol. I, generalità e mezzi di controllo, Liguori Editore, 1990.
- Luigi Masutti, Sergio Zangheri, Entomologia generale e applicata - Padova : CEDAM, 2001.
-Stefano Colazza, Ezio Peri, Paolo Lo Bue - LINEAMENTI DI ENTOMOLOGIA IN AGRICOLTURA BIOLOGICA. Palermo University Press, 2018, 266 pp.
-Andrea Lucchi, Note di entomologia viticola – Pisa University Press

- Andrea Lentini et al., I fitofagi della vite in Sardegna - http://www.sardegnaagricoltura.it/index.php?xsl=443&s=299820&v=2&c=3535

- Teacher’s notes.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Face to face lessons on theoretical aspects. Labs and field trips on practical knowledge of insect morphology and pest sampling methods.

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