organization of animal reign, to understand the relationships between the animals and the other elements of the biocenosis. Knowledge to identify animals and to collocate them in the correct Phylum and Class; General insect structure. Post-embrional development. Main orders. General characteristics and damages of sap-sucking insects, leaf-eating insects and xilophagous insects. Pest control methods.
Entomologia applicata, Volume primo, Generalità e mezzi di controllo, Tremblay E., Liguori Editore
Entomologia generale e applicata, L. Masutti, S. Zangheri, Cedam, Padova 2001.
Lawrence G Mitchell, John A Mutchmor, Warren D Dolphin. Zoologia
Trad. di A. Suvero, 664 i. 1991
Learning Objectives
Knolewdge acquired: Knowledge about biology and ethology of phytophagous insects to identify the most rational insect control methods.
Competence acquired (at the end of the course): management of the arthropods in natural environments and in wood arboriculture plantations.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): Diagnosis of damage caused by sup sucker, defoliating and xylophagous insects. Application of integrated control strategies
Prerequisites
Frequency of lectures, practice and lab, although non compulsory, is strongly recommended
Teaching Methods
CFU: 9
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 225
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 120
Contact hours for: Classroom lectures (hours): 72
Contact hours for: Laboratory (hours):
Contact hours for: outdoor labs (hours): 12
Seminars (hours): 11
Stages: 0
Intermediate examinations: 0
Further information
Teaching tools: Video projector, PC.
Type of Assessment
Exam modality: 1 writter exam and/or 1 oral exam.
Course program
Knowledge about functional systems and organization of animal reign, to understand the relationships between the animals and the other elements of the biocenosis. Knowledge to identify animals and to collocate them in the correct Phylum and Class; evaluation of relationships among vertebrates and invertebrates and the various forest biocenosis.General insect structure. Tegument, head, thorax and abdomen. Nervous, digestive, respiratory, excretory, secretory and reproductive systems.
Post-embrional development: moult and metamorphosis. Orders: Collembola, Isoptera, Orthoptera, Thysanoptera, Rhyncota, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera. Sap-sucking insects: general characteristics and damages. Main orders of sap-sucking insects. Biological cycle of viviparous and oviparous aphids (adelgids). Leaf-eating insects: general characteristics and damages. Main orders of leaf-eating insects. Xilophagous insects: general characteristics and damages. Main orders of xilophagous insects. Biology and ecology of main phytophagous insects. Mechanical, silvicultural, biotechnical and biological control methods.