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Course code: MRS10028o16
Semester: 2016/2017 winter
Name: Plant Protection Products
Major: Plant Medicine
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Jacek Jackowski
Language of instruction: Polish / English


Learning outcomes: The course graduates have essential knowledge of chemistry, chemical composition and mode of action (MOA) of the chemical, biotechnological and biological plant protection products applied in field agriculture and in horticulture. They are aware of the available assortment of commercial preparations and know the main principles of the pesticide selection for the control of particular pests. They possess the knowledge enabling the effective and safe use of plant protection products, and understand possible ecological risk resulting from their irresponsible application. They observe and follow the integrated pest management (IPM) rules. The students completing the course show an ability to search and procure information from a variety of sources. They can diagnose crops and assess the risk related to particular pest infesting them. They are capable of taking simple actions aimed at reducing a pest incidence or the extent of weed infestation / infection by a pathogen. They can estimate / anticipate the possible consequences of releasing the active ingredients of a pesticide to the envirionment. When planning crop protection treatments, they simultaneously take actions reducing the risk of permanent harm to the environment.

Competences: The course graduates are aware of the negative consequences of inapropriate storage and application of plant protection products. They can critically assess the common crap forwarded in a variety of marketing services, particularly with respect to the highly presumptive information on a pesticide selectivity. They realize the social benefits resulting from following the IPM rules and understand the dangers to the society resulting from the irresponsible use of pesticides. They are able to work individually, as well as arrange and coordinate team research on plant protection issues. They have got imprinted and show a positive, vibrant unrest towards the further self-education and increasing their own proficiency in the field of Plant Protection.

Prerequisites: Botany, Zoology, Biochemistry and Plant Physiology (university level), general background in soil cultivation and crop production.

Course content: Chemistry, chemical composition and mode of action of chemical, biotechnological and biological plant protection products applied in field agriculture and in horticulture. The rules governing pesticide selection, methods of pesticide application. Taking decision on the need or nesessity of chemical treatment. The safety aspects of treatment operator, consumer and the environment. The assortment of biological plant protection products contemporarily available. The principles of effective and well-informed application of biopesticides. Introduction to the concept of method integration in plant protection. The course is, in general, funded on the student`s elementary knowledge and the knowledge of the experimental techniques of such disciplines as Botany, broadly understood Microbiology, Zoology and Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.

Recommended literature: 1. Biological and Biotechnological Control of Insect Pests. , Rechcigl J.E., Rechcigl N.A., Lewis Publishers 2000. 2. Chemical Pesticides, Mode of Action and Toxicology, Stenersen J., CRC Press 2004. 3. The toxicology and biochemistry of Insecticides, Simon J. Yu, CRC Press, 2008. 4. A variety of scattered resource – mostly original scientific papers.

Assessment methods: Knowledge: tests in part-time of tutorial class, written exam on the lectured material after the 5th semester. Skills: Score awarded based on the final project of protection program related to the crop(s) scouted during the field practicals Personal and social competence: The assessment, by the teacher, of the content and coherence of student`s answers, opinions given and attidudes shown during tutorial class.

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