CONTROL STRATEGIES OF STORED FOOD PESTS
Academic Year 2016/2017 - 2° Year - Curriculum SICUREZZA E VALORIZZAZIONE DEI PRODOTTI ALIMENTARICredit Value: 6
Scientific field: AGR/11 - General and applied entomology
Taught classes: 40 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Learning Objectives
1. Knowledge and understanding
The course aims to provide students with those necessary details, in terms of methods of control of the main pests of food, useful for representing and understanding the management of the business issue.
2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding.
The knowledge gained during this course will lay the basis for developing the students' skills and for the definition of the most appropriate management and control programs related with pest infestations.
3. Communication skills.
Based on the acquired knowledge, students can develop communication and interpersonal skills for business counseling and to perform technical and scientific valuations.
Detailed Course Content
Notes on the biology of principal pest groups. Control techniques mainly adopted in different Mediterranean agrifood sectors. Control strategies by means of physical, biological and biotechnological methods. Chemical control: the low environmental impact molecules and legislation Background. The Integrated Pest Management: objectives and methods.
Textbook Information
- Süss L., Locatelli D. P. I parassiti delle derrate. Riconoscimento e gestione delle infestazioni nelle industrie alimentari. Calderini Edagricole, (2001), 363 pp.
- Belcari A., Macchione P., Gianchecchi U., Bacciotti D., Nencetti A., Rossi F., Gestione integrata degli animali infestanti nelle industrie alimentari. Firenze University Press, 2012 - 174 pp.
- Trematerra P. & Süss L., Prontuario di entomologia merceologica e urbana. Aracne edit. 2007, 154 pp.
- D.W. Hagstrum, B. Subramanyam, Fundamentals of Stored-Product Entomology. Ed. AACC Intern. 323 pp.
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