ECOSUSTAINABLE DEFENCE AGAINST INSECTS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Disciplinary Sector:

General and Applied Entomology

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

PANTALEONI Roberto Antonio

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Minimum hours of attendance:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Students must have taken a course of Entomology in the previous graduate (three-year) level.

AF code:

40004172

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Final oral exam. The student will be invited to exhibit one or more topics covered in class. The teacher will evaluate the student's i) knowledge and understanding; ii) applying knowledge and understanding; iii) making judgements; iv) communication skills; v) learning skills.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The course illustrates the insect pest control in agricolture. In the framework of the agrobiodiversity and the insect ecology, the student learns which tools for insect pest control are available to farmers and how to use them.
At the end of the course the student will be able to: (1) understand the characteristics, potentials and limitations of the different insect control tools and methods, (2) understand the ways in which the different control methods can be combined with the inside the modern concepts of IPM (Integrated Pest Management).

Contents

Introduction to Integrated Pest Management. Terminology. Sampling methods of insect pest populations. [value of the previuos topics 1CFU] Chemical control. Factors affecting the effective application of insecticides, toxicity, selectivity, insecticide resistance, synergism. The use of non-pesticide substances in chemical control of insect pests. [1 CFU] Biological control methods. [3 CFU] Control of herbivorous insects and mites with predatory insects and mites, as well as entomopathogenic bacteria, fungi, protozoa, viruses and nematodes. [1 CFU] The use of sterile insect technique (SIT) in pest control. Plant resistance to insect pests. Coltural and mechanical methods for insect pest control. [1 CFU]

Recommended Bibliography

Stefano Colazza, Ezio Peri, Paolo Lo Bue (2018)
Lineamenti di Entomologia in Agricoltura Biologica
Palermo University Press
https://www.unipapress.it/it/book/lineamenti-di-entomologia-in-agricoltu...
[pdf open access]

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures and seminars.
Teaching materials will be available online.

Contacts/More Information

For any question, the professor can always be contacted via e-mail (pantaleo@uniss.it). Better, the students are solicited to use this way of communication in order to solve their own doubts or problems.

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