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Kemisk ekologi för hållbar kontroll av skadeinsekter

Kurstillfället ges som fristående kurs, för översikt, se kurssida på engelska.

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2022-01-09

Welcome to the course page for BI1346
We hope you find the information you need to help you decide to join us learning about insect chemical ecology and its uses toward pest control.

Please feel free to contact sharon.hill@slu.se (concerning course content-related issues) and/or anna.sjostrand@slu.se (concerning course administrative issues) if you still have questions that are not answered here. Both the schedule and the literature list are posted.

The Canvas page will act as the main course page for information once the course starts. Looking forward to meeting with you to learn more about the Chemical Ecology for Sustainable Insect Pest Control.

Kursvärdering

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BI1346-30126 - Sammanställning av kursvärdering

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Andra kursvärderingar för BI1346

Läsåret 2023/2024

Kemisk ekologi för hållbar kontroll av skadeinsekter (BI1346-30106)

2024-01-15 - 2024-03-19

Läsåret 2021/2022

Kemisk ekologi för hållbar kontroll av skadeinsekter (BI1346-30128)

2022-01-17 - 2022-03-23

Läsåret 2020/2021

Kemisk ekologi för hållbar kontroll av skadeinsekter (BI1346-30151)

2021-01-18 - 2021-03-23

Läsåret 2019/2020

Kemisk ekologi för hållbar kontroll av skadeinsekter (BI1346-30078)

2020-01-20 - 2020-03-24

Kursplan och övrig information

Betygskriterier

Grading criteria for the course BI1346 Chemical Ecology for Sustainable Insect Pest Control

Grading scale

5: Pass with Distinction, 4: Pass with Credit, 3: Pass, U: Fail

The requirements for attaining different grades are described in the course assessment criteria which are contained in a supplement to the course syllabus. Current information on assessment criteria shall be made available at the start of the course.

Formats and requirements for examination

The evaluation consists of three written tests plus written and oral reporting of practical tasks and laboratory work. To pass the course, a passing grade in each of the tests as well as the assignment work is required, as is the approved participation in compulsory course components.

  • The tests are modular, in which =50% is a pass. A fail requires re-evaluation via test or substituted assignment (where appropriate).
  • If the student fails a test, the examiner may give the student a supplementary assignment, provided this is possible and there is reason to do so.
  • If the student has been granted special educational support because of a disability, the examiner has the right to offer the student an adapted test, or provide an alternative assessment.
  • If changes are made to this course syllabus, or if the course is closed, SLU shall decide on transitional rules for examination of students admitted under this syllabus but who have not yet passed the course.
  • For the examination of a degree project (independent project), the examiner may also allow the student to add supplemental information after the deadline. For more information on this, please refer to the regulations for education at Bachelor's and Master's level.

Laboratory activities (or substituted assignments, in the event that students are prohibited from attending campus in person) and literature seminars are compulsory components of the course.

Lectures are not compulsory, but as the majority of the testable information will be conveyed during these sessions, attendance is strongly encouraged.

Litteraturlista

1. Sex pheromones and their impact on pest management (Links to an external site) Author: Witzgall et al. 2010

2. A Drosophila female pheromone elicits species-specific long-range attraction via an olfactory channel with dual specificity for sex and food (Links to an external site.) Author: Lebreton et al. 2017

3. The human odorant receptor OR10A6 is tuned to the pheromone of the commensal fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. (Links to an external site) Author: Frey et al. 2022

4. Insect pheromones: An overview of function, form, and discovery (Links to an external site.) Author: Yew and Chung, 2015

5. Chemical convergence between plants andinsects: biosynthetic origins and functions ofcommon secondary metabolites (Links to an external site.) Author: Beran et al., 2019

6. Modern approaches to study plant–insect interactions in chemical ecology Author: Dyer et al., 2018

7. Role of Semiochemicals in Integrated Pest Management (Links to an external site.) Author: Smart et al., 2014

Insect-host interaction supplemental material Host-plant selection: how to find a host plant (Links to an external site.) Author: Schoonhoven Chpt 6 Comments: Reference material (not required reading).

Host-plant selection: when to accept a plant (Links to an external site.) Author: Schoonhoven Chpt 7 Comments: Reference material (not required reading).

8. Experience-based modulation of behavioural responses to plant volatiles and other sensory cues in insect herbivores (Links to an external site.) Author: Anderson and Anton, 2014

9. Herbivore-induced plant volatiles in natural and agricultural ecosystems: open questions and future prospects (Links to an external site.) Author: Gish et al., 2015

10. Push-pull: chemical ecology-based integrated pest management technology. (Links to an external site.) Author: Khan et al., 2016

11. Effects of population-related variation in plant primary and secondary metabolites on aboveground and belowground multitrophic interactions (Links to an external site.) Author: van Geem et al., 2016

12. Pollinators and herbivores interactively shape selection on strawberry defence and attraction (Links to an external site.) Author: Egan et al., 2021

13. Age-dependent regulation of host seeking in Anopheles coluzzii (Links to an external site.) Author: Omondi et al., 2019

14. Dawit et al., Malaria mosquitoes acquire and allocate cattle urine to enhance life history traits. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.24.264309 (Links to an external site.) 

15. The Role of Symbiotic Microbes in Insect Invasions (Links to an external site.) Author: Lu et al., 2016 Comments: SLU has access to this publication, so if you are at home, make sure that you have your VPN turned on.

16. Mate recognition and reproductive isolation in the sibling species Spodoptera littoralis and Spodoptera litura (Links to an external site.) Author: Saveer et al., 2014 Comments: SLU has access to this publication, so if you are at home, make sure that you have your VPN turned on.

17. The chemical ecology of plant-pollinator interactions: recent advances and future directions (Links to an external site.) Author: Parachnowitsch and Manson, 2015

18. Semiochemical diversity diverts bark beetle attacks from Norway spruce edges (Links to an external site.) Author: Schiebe et al., 2011 Sensory systems supplemental material Chapter 13 "Olfaction" in Neurosciences — from molecule to behaviour: a university textbook Author: Galizia, 2013

19. Evolution of Insect Olfaction (Links to an external site.) Author: Hansson and Stensmyr, 2011

20. Access to the odor world: olfactory receptors and their role for signal transduction in insects (Links to an external site.)

Kursfakta

Kursen ges som en fristående kurs: Ja Kursen ges som en programkurs: Horticultural Science - Master's Programme Kursavgift: Studieavgift, endast för medborgare utanför EU, EES, och Schweiz: 38060 SEK Nivå: Avancerad nivå (A1N)
Ämne: Kemi Biologi Biologi Kemi
Kurskod: BI1346 Anmälningskod: SLU-30126 Plats: Alnarp Distanskurs: Nej Undervisningsspråk: Engelska Ansvarig institution: Institutionen för växtskyddsbiologi Studietakt: 100%