Level

Master/Doctoral

Credits

04 (60 h)

Content:

Origin, history, and importance of agricultural pests and the current scenario; Review of major pest groups affecting crops, with emphasis on fruit production; Damage assessment and quantification; Ecological factors and population dynamics; History and fundamentals of Integrated Pest Management (IPM); Advantages and disadvantages of IPM; Causes of pest outbreaks; Pillars of IPM; Taxonomy; Sampling and monitoring of pests – new techniques and trends. Sampling – damage thresholds, forecasting, and control. Damage – damage assessment, economic thresholds, types of damage, yield losses. Control methods: chemical control; Biological control – types of biological control, use of predators, parasitoids, and pathogens. Plant resistance to insects; Cultural methods and environmental interference – physical modifications of the environment, good agronomic practices. Semiochemicals and behavioral control techniques. Legislative methods. Development of IPM techniques and programs in fruit production. The future of IPM in light of new technologies (Genetics, Artificial Intelligence, Agriculture 4.0, sustainable pest control).

Professor

Joatan Machado da Rosa

References

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GRANT, WYN P. et al. Biopesticides: pest management and regulation. CABI, 2010. 

GURR, G.; WRATTEN, S. Biological Control: Measures of Success. Springer-Science, 428p. 

KOGAN, M. Integrated Pest Management: historical perspectives and contemporary developments. Annual Review of Entomology, v.43, p.243-270, 1998 

RAGA, A. et al. Manual de Entomologia – Pragas das Culturas (2022). Ouro Fino, MG, Agronômica Ceres, vol. 1, 477p. 

MUNIAPPAN, R.; HEINRICHS, E.A Eds. (2016) Integrated Pest Management of Tropical Vegetable Crops.  Springer Publishing, 304p. 

PARRA, J. R. P. et al. (Org.). Controle biológico com parasitoides e predadores na agricultura brasileira. Piracicaba: FEALQ, 2021. 

RECHCIGAL, JE & RECHCIGAL NA (2000). Insect Pest Management: Techniques for Environmental Protection. CRC Press, 374p.