Integrated Pest Management in Sustainable Production Systems
Course description
This advanced course is aimed at those who want to know more about how to protect horticultural and agricultural crops from pests and diseases in a sustainable manner. Study visits and case studies complement the course’s interdisciplinary theoretical framework to connect learning to practice.
Sustainable methods for plant protection are components of future plant production systems that will be necessary to safeguard food security under a changing climate and with an increasing world population. In addition to interdisciplinary knowledge of integrated pest management, the course gives you tools for critical thinking and a scientific approach, which you can take with you in your continued, lifelong learning even after the course ends.
You will meet lecturers from several scientific disciplines and explore pest management in a variety of different crops and locations to gain a holistic view of the science behind integrated pest management (IPM). Through discussions of case studies and scientific articles with other course participants as well as individual and group work, you will have the opportunity to focus on crops and pests that interest you the most and gain an understanding of IPM in different systems.
Through research and farm study visits, where you can talk directly to IPM practitioners, you will have the best possible conditions for increased learning and to practically apply the theoretical basis of the course in your future career.
Entry Requirements
Course facts
BI1267, Integrated Pest Management in Sustainable Production Systems, 15.0 Hp
Print syllabus
Syllabus
Level
Second cycle (A1N)
Main field of study
Biology, Horticultural Science
Grading Scale
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.
Course language
English
Entry Requirements
Objectives
On completion of the course, students will be able to:
- explain fundamental application of and integration of basic disciplines as biology, ecology and technology for development of sustainable management of pests, diseases and weeds in crops that are logical, practical and possible to adopt by farmers
- produce a pest management strategy that takes into account several different pests and combines their control measures to achieve practical and economic pest control
- explain the definition of integrated pest management and its historical background
- explain the environmental impact of different pest management strategies.
Content
Plant protection management relies on a profound knowledge of the biology and ecology of the causal organisms and of the crop ecology where they act. Important problems with pests, diseases and weeds especially in horticulture will be addressed within the concept of integrated pest management (IPM). The students will learn how to incorporate subdisciplines of plant pathology, entomology, nemathology and weed sciences (epidemiology, etiology, population ecology, microbial pathogenicity, competition etc.) into holistic management programs that are logical, practical and adoptable by farmers. Exercises, seminars, excursions and scheduled supervision are compulsory.
Examination Formats and Requirements for Passing the Course
The examination consists of oral and written reports of individual and group project work as well as participation in obligatory moments. Contribution to individual project work is evaluated.
Responsible Department/Equivalent
Department of Plant Protection Biology
Supplementary information
Included in program
- Plant Biology for Sustainable Production - Master's Programme
- Agroecology - Master's Programme
- Horticultural Science - Master's Programme
- Horticultural Science Programme
- Plant Biology for Sustainable Production - Master's programme
Module set
| Title | Credits | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Single module | 15.0 | 0201 |
The Course Replaces
BI0904