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Course code: RSSS10045o15Semester: 2015/2016 summer
Name: Principles of Plant Protection
Major: Environmental Protection
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. Jacek Twardowski, prof. UPWr, dr inż. Włodzimierz Kita, dr inż. Jacek Jackowski, dr inż. Janina Zawieja
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Students know the position of the major taxonomic groups of organisms harmful and beneficial, pathogens and weeds occurring in crop fields. They have knowledge of their morphology, biology and ecology, development, and understand the effect on biotic and abiotic factors. They show an knowledge of the basic methods of protection against major pests. Abilities: The course graduate can recognize most important groups of harmful and beneficial arthropods found in different ecosystems. They can perform diagnostics of the crucial plant diseases and are capable of assessing the risk of the yield loss involved. The students acquire knowledge of the critical species of annual and perennial segetal weeds, including the principles of weed management in the most important crops. The students also become instructed on the issues of the selection and appropriate application of the chemical and biological pesticides.
Competences: Competences: Students demonstrate understanding of ecological relationships in agroecosystem and have a wide environmental susceptibility on the phenomena occurring in nature. Able to properly assess the risks associated with the use of chemical pesticides that affect the quality of food. It also uses the acquired knowledge in nature conservation. They are the sensibility for the need of training and self-improvement in the profession.
Prerequisites: Botany, Selected aspects of Zoology and Animal Physiology, Plant cultivation
Course content: Insects role in different ecosystems with particular emphasis on agroecosystems. The importance of insects for human life. Biotic and abiotic factors affecting insect populations. Harmful and beneficial insect species of most important arable fields. Available methods to control harmful insects. Monitoring and predicting the abundance of harmful insects. Prevention in plant protection. The economic importance of pathogens, influence of plant protection on the environment, development of pathogenic fungi as dependent on abiotic factors. Review of basic groups of zoocides, fungicides and herbicides, options to reduce pesticide use in crop production Diagnostics of important species of weeds. Methods of weed control.
Recommended literature: 1.Plant pathology. Agrios G.N. Academic Press London, 1999 2.Carlile W.R., 2006. Pesticide selectivity, Health and the Environment. Cambridge Univ Press. 3.Introduction to the study of insects. CBS College Publishing, 1981. 4.Monaco T.J., Weller S.C., Ashton F.M. 2002. Weed science, principles and practices.John Wiley and Sons,inc. 5.Rechcigl J.E., Rechcigl N.A., 2000. Biological and Biotechnological Control of Insect Pests. Lewis Publishers. 6.Stenersen J., 2004. Chemical Pesticides, Mode of Action and Toxicology. CRC Press.
Assessment methods: Knowledge: Getting to know the harmful insects damaging the various groups of plants of ornamental and useful for biological control. Tests on exercises, identification of insects, credit lectures. Abilities: ability to identify pests and beneficial organisms on ornamental plants. Evaluation of activity on exercise. Social competence: Evaluating the effects of working in a team, evaluating the correctness of the selection of plants to encourage insects useful and minimize the occurrence of species fitofagicznych. The student can choose a safe method of protecting plants against pests.
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