FOOD PATHOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY
Academic Year 2017/2018 - 2° Year- Postharvest Pathology of Plant Products : Rosa La Rosa
- Stored food pests: Agatino Russo
Scientific field
- AGR/12 - Plant pathology
- AGR/11 - General and applied entomology
Exercise: 28 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Learning Objectives
- Postharvest Pathology of Plant Products
Knowledge on principal biotic and abiotic diseases and mycotoxin contaminations, particularly referred to post-harvest, diseases diagnosis, epidemiology and control principles
- Stored food pests
To provide the knowledge on bioethological of stored food pest in order to develop the most appropriate programs of integrated pest management in food industries.
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 food pests
Arthropods: general characteristics. Insects: morphology, anatomy and biology
Mites: morphology, anatomy and biology.
Rodents: general characteristics, morphology, anatomy and biology.
Birds: general characteristics and damage caused.
The main orders and species of insects harmful in food industries
Mites harmful in food industries
Rodents harmful in food industries
Ecology of infesting animals
Animal organisms as vectors of pathogens to humans and pets
Prevent infestations
Monitoring
Methods of analysis for infestation detection the evaluation of solid impurities in foods
Control with physical, biological, biotechnological and chemical methods. Integrated Pest management
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 food pests
1. 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)
2. Trematerra P. 2016 Entomologia urbana applicata. Aracne Editrice, (ISBN: 978-88-548-9143-2)