Level
Master/Doctoral
Credits
04 (60 h)
Content:
Historic of IPM. Advantages and disadvantages of IPM. Causes of the occurrence of pest outbreaks. Ecological bases of MIP. Sampling damage and damage assessment. Levels of economic damage, types of damage, production losses. Methods of control: chemical method. Biological control. Resistance of plants. Biotechnology – genetically modified plants. Cultural methods and environmental interference – physical modifications of the environment, trap crops, agronomic practices. Semioquics. Legislative methods. IPM programs in Brazil: soybean, corn, cotton. The future of IPM in the face of new technologies of plant genetical modifications.
Professor
Marion do Rocio Foerster
References
Abrol, D. P. [ed.]. (2014). Integrated Pest Management: Current Concepts and Ecological Perspective. Academic Press, 561 p.
Abrol,DP, Shankar, U (2012). Integrated pest management; principles and practice. CABI, 512p.
Bailey, A, Chandler, D, Grant, WP, Greaves, J. Prince, G & Tachell, M. (2010).
Rechcigal, JE & Rechcigal NA (2000). Insect Pest Management: Techniques for Environmental Protection. CRC Press, 374p.
Albajes, R, Gullino, Ml, Van Lenteren, Jc & Elad, Y. (2000). Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Greenhouse Crops. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 545p.
Gurr, G. & Wratten, S. Biological Control: Measures of Success. Springer-Science, 428p.
R Muniappan, R & Heinrichs, EA Eds. (2016) Integrated Pest Management of Tropical Vegetable Crops. Springer Publishing, 304p.
