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Wersja polska

Course code: RRSS-10150f12
Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Principles of plant protection
Major: Agriculture
Study Type: one cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 12 / 24 / 0
Lecturer: dr Jacek Twardowski, dr Jacek Jackowski, dr Wojciech Pusz, dr Ewa Tendziagolska
Language of instruction: English


Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Students become familiar with the role of insects, pathogens and weeds in different ecosystems with particular emphasis on agroecosystems. They recognize the role of biotic and abiotic factors affecting herbivore populations, pathogen and weed assemblages and their dynamics. Students acquire the essential knowledge of noxious and beneficial organisms of different habitats and crop types, and of the available methods to control pest species, including the population monitoring and other preventive tools that are necessary to make the control strategies effective. The course participants become familiar to a selection of chemical, biotechnological and purely biological pesticides. They also consider the appropriate contexts for the user-friendly, environmentally-safe and pest-effective application of these products. The graduates of the course attain the knowledge necessary to identify the most important groups of noxious and beneficial organisms of different habitats and crops. Skills: Students can recognize the insect pests, pathogens and weeds of the groups of major economical importance. They develop an ability to assess the damage already caused by them, or anticipate the extent of it in the future. They are trained to take control decisions that are funded on the appropriate identification, observation and monitoring of the species in question.

Competences: Personal and social competences: Course participants become well-informed and environmentally responsible members of their local farming community, prepared to disseminate the knowledge they have received, in order to promote the positive attitude of ecological awarness in farming and plant protection practice of their local society.

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Botany, Zoology, Essential Chemistry, Principles of Animal and Plant Physiology, Soil Tillage and Plant Cultivation (essential knowledge of Agronomy field). Please observe, that the minimum, reasonable language requirement for the course participants is the FCE or an equivalent level of language command. Shall this condition be not fulfilled, the communication between the students and teachers becomes impaired or impossible and, as the result, the ECTS credits may never be granted.

Course content:

Recommended literature: Recommended literature: 1. Carlile W.R., 2006. Pesticide selectivity, Health, and the Environment. Cambridge University Press, 310 pp. 2. Driesche R. (van), Hoddle M., Centler T., Control pests and weeds by natural enemies: an introduction to biological control. Wiley – Blackwell. 3. Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A., 2004. Ecological Engineering For Pest Management. Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods. CABI Publishing, 232 pp. 4. Hajek A., 2004. Natural Enemies, An Introduction to Biological Control. Cambridge University Press, 378 pp. 5. Introduction to the study of insects. CBS College Publishing, 1981. 6. Kennedy G.G., Sutton T.B., 2000. Emerging Technologies for Integrated Pest Management. Concepts, Research, and Implementation. APS Press. 7. Matthews G., 2006. Pesticides. Health, safety and the environment. Blackwell Publishing, 235 pp. 8. Rechcigl J.E., Rechcigl N.A., 2000. Biological and Biotechnological Control of Insect Pests. Lewis Publishers, 374 pp. 9. Stenersen J., 2004. Chemical Pesticides, Mode of Action and Toxicology. CRC Press, 276 pp. 10. Other, O.T., 2012. As many as you wish. There is no monopoly on that type of knowledge anywhere.

Assessment methods: Written mixed test of open and choice questions at the end of term (the minimum score level for the pass grade in test: 60%, the aspect`s contribution to the overall score: 50% ). The students` seminar-type work, submitted to the teacher (The aspect`s contribution to the overall score: 25%). The students` presence or absence in the class (The aspect`s contribution to the overall score: 25%).

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