VITICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2014/2015

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

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

Disciplinary Sector:

General and Applied Entomology

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

LENTINI Andrea

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Students should have a good knowledge of grapevine biology.

AF code:

40003406

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

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

Teaching period

First 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.
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.

Teaching Methods

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

Other courses

Course year: 1

ESERCITAZIONE DI VITICOLTURA E MECCANIZZAZIONE VITICOLA
6 credits
MONITORING OF THE BIOTIC ADVERSITY
6 credits

Course year: 2

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
ENOLGY I
6 credits - Caratterizzante
ENOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY ANALYSES
6 credits - Caratterizzante
GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
7 credits - Caratterizzante
INSTITUTES OF VITICULTURE
7 credits - Caratterizzante
VITICULTURAL MECHANIZATION AND WINE MAKING PLANT
8 credits - Caratterizzante
SOIL CHEMISTRY
4 credits - Affine/Integrativa

Course year: 3

ENOLGY II
7 credits - Caratterizzante
VITICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY
7 credits - Caratterizzante
VITICULTURAL PATHOLOGY
7 credits - Caratterizzante
VITICULTURAL TECHNIQUES
8 credits - Caratterizzante
WINE MICROBIOLOGY
9 credits - Caratterizzante
BUILDINGS FOR THE WINERY INDUSTRY
4 credits - Affine/Integrativa

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