Students: Plant pests

Plant pests

Teaching unit

Courses:

PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES
- Year: Year 4 of Bachelor's in Environmental Science
- Degree: Bachelor's in Environmental Science

Description

Concept of Plague. Factors that influence the appearance of plagues. Managing plague. Biology and Classification of Mites Fitopatógenos. Morphologic and biological characteristics of the principal kinds of insects it infects.

Objectives

Students will be able to understand the concepts of the subject
Students will be able to identify the main diseases and pests of crops
Students will be able to interpret a life cycle
Students will be able to recognize the main pathogens and insect pests causing

Subjects

Lecture topics

Mites
Order Hymenoptera: General information, symptoms and control
Order coleoptera: General information, symptoms and control
Lepidóptera order: General information, symptoms and control.
Order Diptera: General information, symptoms and control.
Other harmful animals to plants. Myriapods. Crustaceans. Molluscs. Birds and mammals.

Laboratory topics

Morphologic study and recognition of the most important kinds