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Course code: MRS10093o15Semester: 2015/2016 winter
Name: integrated control of agricultural and horticultural plants
Major: Plant Medicine
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 7
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. Michał Hurej
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: The course graduates know the most important groups of pests and show basic knowledge on their importance to humans and to the environment. They know the scope, the aim and the methods of plant protection and are aware of the extent of their influence on the environment The students have practical skills necessary to organize simple pest-monitoring systems and are capable of undertaking actions to reduce pest incidence. They recognize the effects that plant protection treatments may exert on the environment. When organizing control treatments that will use plant protection products, they minimize the environmental risk of their application. The graduates are able to identify the most important pests, pathogens and plant disease symptoms in the field as well as in the greenhouse crops. They are capable of selecting the appropriate method of their control. The students know how to prepare a crop protection program in writing. They are able to collect materials necessary to launch an engineering task related to crop protection.
Competences: The course graduates understand the necessity of their continued and life-long training within the field of integrated pest management, in order to maintain their professional potential. They are able to work individually and also in a team, taking different roles in it. They are aware of common responsibility for the actions taken in such group. The students also understand the importance, for the society, of any preventive actions that sustain the high health-status of the crops. They are conscious of the responsibility taken, while introducing the methods of pest management and control into the farming practice. They are aware of the way, in which the plant protection actions affect the natural environment
Prerequisites: Plant Physiology, Crop Cultivation, Plant Pathology and Mycology, Entomology, Plant Protection Products.
Course content: A knowledge of pests of agricultural and horticultural crops (viruses, bacteria, fungi, herbivore pests, invasive plant species). The role of abiotic and biotic factors capable of altering pest harmfulness. Proper procedures of the decision process in the control of these pests. Options of combining different control methods in a complex strategy.
Recommended literature: 1. Boczek J. 1992. Niechemiczne metody zwalczania szkodników roślin. Wydawnictwo SGGW. 2. Dent D. 1991. Insect Pest management. CAB International 3. Hani F., Popow H, Reinhard A., Schwarz A., Tanger K. Vorlet M. 1998. Ochrona roślin rolniczych w uprawie integrowanej. PWRiL Warszawa. 4. Kochman J. Węgorek W. 1997. Ochrona roślin. Plantpress Kraków. 5. Korbas M., Pruszyński S. (red.). 2008. Integrowana ochrona pszenicy. Instytut Ochrony Roślin w Poznaniu.
Assessment methods: Knowledge: Lab – evaluation of plant protection programs of different crops prepared in writing by students. Lecture – written test. Skills: Preparation of integrated pest management programs of agricultural and horticultural crops. Social competence: evaluation of team work and discussion.
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