AGRO 7038 – Special Topics IV – Integrated Pest Management II

Level

Master/Doctoral

Credits

04 (60 h)

Content:

Study of the fundamentals of integrated pest management in major crops. Establishment of damage thresholds and pest control levels. Natural mortality of pests in the agroecosystem. Mechanisms of action of insecticides, toxicology, and selectivity. Compatibility between synthetic and biological insecticides.

Professor

Orcial Ceolin Bortolotto

References

ABROL, D.P. Integrated pest management: current concepts and ecological perspective. Academic Press, 2013, 576p.

DENT, D. Insect pest management. CABI Bioscience, 2000, 432p

ECHCIGL, J.E.; RECHCIGL, N.A. Insect Pest Management: Techniques for Environmental Protection. CRC Press, 2016, 408p.

GURR, G.M.; WRATTEN, S.D.; SNYDER, W.E. Biodiversity and insect pests: key issues for sustainable management. John Wiley & Sons, 2012, 368p

HOROWITZ, A.R.; ISHAAYA, I. Insect pest management – field and protected crops. Springer Science 2013, 344p.

NAKANO, O. Entomologia Econômica. 2 ed. Piracicaba: ESALQ/USP. 2011. 464 p.

NORRIS RF, CASWELL-CHEN EP AND KOGAN M. 2003. Concepts in integrated pest management. Pearson Education Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 586 p

PANIZZI, A.R., PARRA, J. R. P. 2009. Bioecologia e nutrição de insetos – base para o manejo integrado de pragas. Embrapa. 1164 p.

PEDIGO, L.P.; RICE, M.E. Entomology and pest management. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009, 784p

PESHIN, R; PIMENTEL, D. Integrated Pest Management: Experiences with Implementation, Global Overview, 2014, 574p.

RAFAEL, J. A.; MELO, G.A.R.; CARVALHO, C.J.; CASARI, S.A.; CONSTANTINO, R. Insetos do Brasil: Diversidade e Taxonomia. Ribeirão Preto: Holos Editora, 2012.