NPLK14025U Insects in Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
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 in an
IPM-frame.
Control methods and strategies, legal and advisory implications,
IPM.
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.
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.
D. V. Alford: A Textbook of Agricultural Entomology. Blackwell 1999 (314 pp), Selected chapters from D. Dent: Insect Pest Management (2. ed) CABI Publiushing, Wallingford 2005 (410 pp), 2-4 journal articles.
Økologi (Ecology)
Dyrs og planters diversitet
- Category
- Hours
- Colloquia
- 22
- Exam
- 3
- Lectures
- 27
- Practical exercises
- 24
- Preparation
- 98
- Theory exercises
- 32
- Total
- 206
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written examination, 3 under invigilation---
- Exam registration requirements
- Submission of at least 75% of individual reports (from exercices and journal clubs)
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
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- Re-exam
- If 10 or fewer register for the reexamination the examination form will be oral.
Criteria for exam assesment
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Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NPLK14025U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 3
- Schedule
- C (Mon 13-17 + Wednes 8-17)
- Course capacity
- 40
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Natural Resources and Environment
Contracting department
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Course responsibles
- Peter Esbjerg (2-786d4878746d7636737d366c73)