Fundamentals of Crop Protection

Code:

AGR107

Acronym:

AGR107

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Agrarian Sciences

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Plannings
Course/CS Responsible:	First Degree in Engineering Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:AST	0	Plano de Estudos a partir de 2008	3	-	5	49	135
L:B	2	Plano de estudos a partir de 2008	3	-	5	49	135
L:F	0	Plano de estudos a partir de 2008	2	-	5	49	135
L:G	0	P.E - estudantes com 1ª matricula anterior a 09/10	3	-	5	49	135
		P.E - estudantes com 1ª matricula em 09/10	3	-	5	49	135
L:M	1	Plano de estudos a partir de 2009	3	-	5	49	135
L:Q	0	Plano de estudos Oficial	3	-	5	49	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To understand the decision making in integrated pest management - to know with are the components of integrated pest management - to know what is a quarantine pest and what duty they have in the prevention of desasters due to pests. - to know how to identify an insect - to relate plant damages and pest - to recognize pathogens causing infectious diseases in plants

Learning outcomes and competences

To know the main groups of pests and plant diseases. To do a correct diagnosis and propose a control method for a plant pest. To know how to write a tecnical report, discuss a topic and do an oral presentation.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction to plant protection Plant protection in different sustainable agriculture systems. Quarantine pests. Biodiversity in agriculture. Trophic relations in agriculture environment. Groups of pests. Plant protection national and international organisations 2. Entomology Importance of insects; Insect morphology; Metamorphoses; Insect classification and identification 3. Plant pathology Parasitism and disease development; Plant disease caused by fungi; Characteristics of plant pathogenic fungi 4. Strategies in integrated pest management Risk assessment; Decision making and threshold 5. Methods of control Biological control, chemical control, cultural control, biotechnical control

Mandatory literature

Agrios George N. 1936-; Plant pathology. ISBN: 9780120445646
Tomaz Ilídio Lucas; Doenças das plantas
Hill Dennis S. 1934-; Agricultural entomology. ISBN: 0-88192-223-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

The 3,5hours/week will be distribuited in lectures and workshops. Workshps can be at field, laboratory, or at distance (forum at moodlle platform). All the information will be available at moodle; this is also the place where students should submit assigments and where discussion forum will take place.  

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	6,00
Teste	20,00
Trabalho escrito	74,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	49,00
Frequência das aulas	49,00
Total:	98,00

Eligibility for exams

There will be a set of assessments proposed during the semester instead of final exam. All students are admitted to second date final exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

Lectures and workshops will shifting – one week students have a 3,5 hour lecture and the other week students will have a 3,5 hour workshop. Workshops can be at the laboratory, at computers-lab or in the field or even study visits. In order to seek advantage of a good weather necessary for the practices in the field, there may be change in the schedule, however the total number of hours is respected.

Classification improvement

Final mark can be improved at second date exam “recurso” 

 

Observations

Bibliography ACTA (Ed). 1991. Les auxiliaires, ennemis naturels des ravageurs des cultures. ACTA / INRA. Paris. 64p. Alexopoulos, C. J., Mims, C.W. & Blackell, M. (1996) – Introdutory Mycology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Altieri, M. & Nicholls, C. 2005. Agroecology and the search for a truly sustainable agriculture. United Nations Environment Programme. Mexico. 291pp. ISBN-968-7913-35-5. Amaro, P. & Baggiolini M. 1982. Introdução à Protecção Integrada. FAO/DGPPA, Lisboa. 277p. Amaro P (Ed.) 2001. Protecção integrada da vinha na região Norte. ISA-Press, Porto:1-4. Agrios, George N. (1988) – Plant Pathology. Academic Press, Inc. Third Edition. Aguiar, Ana ; Godinho, Maria do Céu & Costa, Cristina Amaro da. 2005. Produção Integrada. Col.Agricultura e Ambiente. SPI. Porto. 104pp.(www.spi.pt) Boller E F 2001. L’approche OILB en production intégrée. The IOBC approach in integrated production. Actas Simp. A prática da protecção e produção integradas da vinha em Portugal. Viana 3-4 Março: 29-40. Carvalho, J Passos (1998) – Introdução à Entomologia agricola, Fund. C. Gulb., Lisboa Chinery, M (1996) – Guia de campo de los insectos de España y Europa Colborn T., Myers J.P., Dumanoski D. 2001. Nuestro futuro robado. Ecoespaña Editorial_Angel Muñoz. 559p. Foster, Rick & Flood, Brian (Ed) 2005. Vegetable Insect Management. Meister Media Worldwide, Willoughby, OHhio, EUA. 264pp. Ilharco, F (1992) – Equilibrio biológico de afídeos. Fund. C. Gulb. Hassal, K. A. 1990. The biochemistry & uses of pesticides. Macmillan Press Ltd. Hampshire. 365p. Hill, D (1994) – Agricultural Entomology. Timber Press Inc. Silva, José Manuel Grosso & Aguiar, Ana. 2007. Corythucha ciliata (Say, 1832) (Hemiptera, Tingidae), the neartic Sycamore lace bug, found in Portugal. Boletin Sociedade Entomológica Aragonesa 40: 366 Simões, João Santos. 2005. Utilização de produtos fitofarmacêuticos na agricultura. Col.Agricultura e Ambiente. SPI. Porto. 104pp.(www.spi.pt) Tomaz I.L. 2002. Doenças das plantas. Europa-América. 247p. Tracol, Andre; Montagneux, Gerald & Barbot, Gérard. 2001. Les animaux nuisibles aux plantes ornementales. MAT. ISBN 2-902646-1-6. 433pp. SITES Biobest – Luta biológica - www.biobest.be Biosani – Agricultura biológica e protecção integrada - www.biosani.com Direcção Geral de protecção das culturas http://www.dgadr.min-agricultura.pt Informação INRA para doenças - http://www.inra.fr/hyp3/ Informação INRA para pragas - http://www.inra.fr/hyppz/pests.htm Koppert – Luta biológica - www.koppert.com Organização europeia e mediterrâneca para a protecção das plantas - www.eppo.org Organização Internacional de Luta Biológica - www.iobc-wrps.org Pesticidas autorizados na EU - http://ec.europa.eu/sanco_pesticides/public/index.cfm PPDB – Footprint: Pesticides properties database. http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/footprint/ Universidade de Davis, EUA - www.ucdavis.edu