| Ansvarligt institut | Institut for Jordbrug og Økologi | ||||||||||||||||
| English Title | Insects in Agricultural and Horticultural Crops | ||||||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | Bachelor 2. år til Kandidat 2. år | ||||||||||||||||
| Varighed | En blok | ||||||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Fælleskursus | ||||||||||||||||
| Eksamen | Sluteksamen skriftlig prøve Skriftlig auditorieeksamen Alle hjælpemidler tilladt Beskrivelse af eksamen: Written 3-hours exam. 7-trinsskala, intern censur Eksamensdatoer: 06. april 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
| Forudsætninger for indstilling til eksamen | Submission of at least 75% of individual reports. | ||||||||||||||||
| Rammer for Undervisning | 2-3 hours lectures/week supplemented with exercises and colloquia. During parts of the course, the class will be divided according to agricultural and horticultural interests. Subjects for reports can also be chosen with focus on either of these areas. | ||||||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | Block 3 Ugestruktur: C | ||||||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||||
| Anbefalede forudsætninger | Økologi, Dyrs og planters diversitet eller lignende | ||||||||||||||||
| Begrænset deltagerantal | Ingen | ||||||||||||||||
| Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||||||
| Biology and ecology of major crop pests including, reasons for fluctuations and yield reducing attacks. Different types of attacks, damages and crop loss functions, descriptions and assessments. The influence on pests and natural enemies of weather, fertilization, irrigation etc. Monitoring and forecasting systems, development and function. Control methods and strategies, legal and advisory implications. Attack prevention and manipulation of pest insects and their natural enemies through crop choice, crop structure, crop rotation and structure of farming system (organic, integrated and conventional). The influence of plant protection on wild plants and animals of arable fields. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Key elements will be presented in lectures which are supplemented with practical (eg. identification) and theoretical (eg. forecasting and planning of strategies) exercises. Colloquia will include particular problems in agriculture and horticultue treated on the basis of selected literature. | |||||||||||||||||
| Målbeskrivelse | |||||||||||||||||
| The main objective is to establish a general knowledge to crop pest insects and their interactions with crop plants and natural enemies, which can support sound pest management. After the course the student should be able to: Knowledge: - List and describe a selection of important insect pests and their plant/crop effects. - Describe the principles and methods of monitoring insect pests of crops. - Describe the main methods to prevent and control insect attacks. Skills: - Identify selected pest insects and beneficials based on morphological characters. - Analyse and process monitoring results and work out and communicate a decision backgroound for growers. - Communicate pest insect problems to fellow students. Competences: - Explain the major concepts of insect pest management. - Explain and discuss crop and production system effects on pest insects and other insects. - Explain and discuss crop-pest interactions and management possibilities. - Discuss ethical aspects of insect management e.g. related to use of chemicals and genetically modified plants as well as the environment. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Peter Esbjerg, pe@life.ku.dk, Institut for Jordbrug og Økologi/Faggruppe Zoologi, Tlf: 353-32686 Susanne Harding, suha@life.ku.dk, Institut for Jordbrug og Økologi/Faggruppe Zoologi, Tlf: 353-32675 | |||||||||||||||||
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