ANIMAL PARASITOLOGY OF PLANTS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Disciplinary Sector:

General and Applied Entomology

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

SATTA Alberto

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Students should have been previously enrolled in a graduate level course which include exams of Crop science

AF code:

40003423

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

written test in progress and oral test at the end of the course with questions related to the lectures and laboratory activities.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The discipline would like to give appropriate knowledge about the morphology, biology, ecology and behavior, injuriousness and identification of the main plant animal parasites belonging to zoological groups of nematode, mite, snail, slug, mouse and rats, as well as insights on the integrate management techniques of the main phytophagous species.

Contents

NEMATOLOGY: morphology and anatomy, biology and behavior; biological strains; resistance stages and dispersion; relationships between plant and nematodes; symptoms and injuries; agronomic, physical, natural, biological and chemical control; quarantine pests; insights on the main species of agricultural importance.
ACAROLOGY: morphology and anatomy; biology and behavior; population dynamics; natural antagonists of the phytophagous species; symptoms and injuries; control means; negative side effects of chemical control; insights on the main species of agricultural importance.
POLMONATE GASTEROPODA: morphology and anatomy; biology and behaviour; symptoms and injuries; control means of the species of interest.
RODENT: morphology and anatomy; biology and behaviour; symptoms injuries; control means of species of interest.

Recommended Bibliography

Perry R.N., Moens M., 2006. Plant Nematology. CABI, Wallingford, UK
Bridge J., Starr J., 2010. Plant Nematodes of agricultural importance. Academic Press, Boston San Diego.
Hoy MA., 2011 – Agricultural acarology. Introduction to Integrated Mite Management. CRC press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742.
Teacher’s notes.

Teaching Methods

Face to face lessons on theoretical aspects and laboratory activities on sampling procedure and extraction of the different species of parasites, on the techniques of preparation of microscopic slides and the recognition of the species of agricultural importance and associated symptoms.

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