| Inst. for Økologi
50 % Inst. for Plantebiologi 50 % | |||||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | |||||||||||||||
| Varighed | 1 semester | ||||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 6 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Fælleskursus | ||||||||||||||
| Eksamen | skriftlig prøve med hjælpemidler Beskrivelse af eksamen: 13-skala, intern censur Eksamensdatoer: | ||||||||||||||
| Rammer for undervisning | Lectures and theoretical exercises: 1 course module per week | ||||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | E5, fall | ||||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||
| Anbefalede forudsætninger | Basic courses in plant pathology and applied entomology. External students will be individually evaluated to check their prerequisites | ||||||||||||||
| Kursets målsætning | |||||||||||||||
| The purpose of the course is to give the student a thorough understanding of the principles and strategies of biological control of pests and diseases together with examples of proven and potential applications in agriculture and horticulture. The laboratory course(s) Biological Control of Plant Diseases: Project Course and/or Biological Control of Insects: Laboratory Course may be taken concurrently. | |||||||||||||||
| Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||||
| The main elements covered in the course are: Definitions of biological control of pests and diseases of plants and subject terminology. Major groups of organisms used in biological control: their ecologies, life cycles, mechanisms of action etc. Isolation and selection of biological control organisms and their production, formulation and application, Crop management practices including crop rotation etc. that regulate populations of pathogens and pests. Disease suppressive soils, Monitoring populations and activity levels of biological control agents following application to the crop and release into the environment. Aspects of risk assessment of biological control organisms, Legislation. BCA registration. Selected examples of the use of fungal and bacterial antagonists, parasitoids and predators to control pests and diseases in field and glasshouse crops, orchards and forestry. | |||||||||||||||
| Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||||
| Lectures, tutorials and an excursion. In the lectures, basic principles, strategies and state-of-the-art developments in biological control of pests and diseases are presented. Some lectures are given by external and internal specialists on topics directly related to on-going research projects. At the tutorials selected papers - typically from international scientific journals - are discussed and evaluated. | |||||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||||
| Litteratur består i kopierede artikler og lignende | |||||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||||
| Dan Funck Jensen, dfj@life.ku.dk, Institut for Plantebiologi og Bioteknologi/Sektion for Plantepatologi, Tlf: 35333304 Jørgen Eilenberg, jei@life.ku.dk, Institut for Jordbrug og Økologi/Faggruppe Zoologi, Tlf: 35332692 | |||||||||||||||
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