FOOD PATHOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY
Academic Year 2021/2022 - 2° Year- Postharvest Pathology of Plant Products: Gabriella Cirvilleri
- Stored product pests: Lucia Zappalà
Course Language: Italian
Taught classes: 77 hours
Exercise: 28 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Learning Objectives
- Postharvest Pathology of Plant Products
The course aims to provide students with the tools necessary for the diagnosis of the main biotic and abiotic diseases and for the control and prevention of post-harvest contamination by mycotoxins that affect the quality and quantity of plants.
- Stored product pests
Provide knowledge on the biological and behavioral traits of the main groups of pests
in order to define of the most appropriate management and control programs for specific infestations
in the main territorial agro-food industries
Course Structure
- Postharvest Pathology of Plant Products
The course will be provided by frontal lessons in the classroom (42h) as weel as laboratory exercises (14h); moreover, educational visits will take place at companies involved in different sectors of agro-food chains organized ad hoc during the reference semester.
If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote mode, the necessary changes may be introduced with respect to what was previously stated, in order to comply with the program envisaged and reported in the syllabus.
Information for students with disabilities and/or DSA.
As a guarantee of equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, interested students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measures, based on their specific needs and on teaching objectives of the discipline. It is also possible to ask the departmental contacts of CInAP (Center for Active and Participatory Integration - Services for Disabilities and/or DSAs), in the persons of professors Giovanna Tropea Garzia and Anna De Angelis. - Stored product pests
The course will comprise classes (n. 35 hrs), laboratory and field training (n. 14 hrs) (traditional classes or online courses)
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.
Information for students with disabilities and/or DSA.
As a guarantee of equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, interested students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measures, based on their specific needs and on teaching objectives of the discipline. It is also possible to ask the departmental contacts of CInAP (Center for Active and Participatory Integration - Services for Disabilities and/or DSAs), in the persons of professors Giovanna Tropea Garzia and Anna De Angelis.
Detailed Course Content
- Postharvest Pathology of Plant Products
The course provides students with the necessary tools for the diagnosis of principal biotic and abiotic diseases and mycotoxin contaminations vitiating the quality and quantity of vegetable in post-harvest and storage as well as the criteria and control methods for their prevention foreseen in post-harvest
- Stored product pests
Introduction: foodstuffs and damage caused by animal parasites.
Arthropods: general characteristics.
Insects: morphology, anatomy and postembryonic development. Population development and damage.
Mites: morphology, anatomy, postembryonic development. Population development and damage.
Rodents: General characteristics. Murids: morphology, anatomy, development. Population development
and damage.
Birds and other harmful organisms: General characteristics and damage caused.
The main insect orders
Stored product insect pests
Stored product mite pests
Rodents harmful to foodstuffs
Ecology of biocenosis living on foodstuffs
Animal organisms as vectors of pathogens for humans and pets
Prevention of infestations
Pest monitoring techniques
Methods for the evaluation of solid impurities in food
Animals infesting the foodstuffs and the self-control system
Control methods: physical, biological, biotechnical and chemical tools
Textbook Information
- Postharvest Pathology of Plant Products
The teacher will provide all necessary, also by STUDIUM platform, to study covered topics. The student can consult any of the text field, for the study of the discipline we recommend the following books:
- Book 1: De Cicco V., Bertolini P., Salerno M.G. Patologia post-raccolta dei prodotti vegetali. Piccin Editore, 274 pp.
- Book 2: Belli G. Elementi di patologia vegetale. Piccin Editore, 475 pp.
- Teacher notes, papers and monographies
- Stored product pests
1. Süss L. & Locatelli D.P. I parassiti delle derrate. Calderini Edagricole, Bologna, 2001, 363 pp. (ISBN: 978-88-206-4614-1)
2. Trematerra P. - Süss L. 2007. Prontuario di entomologia merceologica e urbana. Con note morfologiche, biologiche e di gestione delle infestazioni. Aracne Editrice, (ISBN: 978-88-548-1195-9)
3. Trematerra P. 2016 Entomologia urbana applicata. Aracne Editrice, (ISBN: 978-88-548-9143-2)
4. Belcari A., Macchione P., Gianchecchi U., Bacciotti D., Nencetti A., Rossi, 2012. Gestione integrata degli animali infestanti nelle industrie alimentari, ISBN 978-88- 6655-104-1 (print), ISBN 978-88-6655-110-2 (online), © 2012 Firenze University Press
5. Hagstrum D.W. E Subramanyam B. Fundamentals of stored-product entomology. AACC, St. Paul, Minnesota. 2006. 323 pp.