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Lecturer(s)
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Tonka Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Bohatá Andrea, Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Integrated Pest Management - definition of IPM, development and content changes in IPM related with development of methodology of plant protection, conception of biointensive and convention Integrated Pest Management. Economic, ecological, hygienic and toxicological aspects of IPM. Program IPM - Fundamental implementation of IPM practice. Fundamentals structure of IPM - host plant, producer technology (silvicultural techniques) and silvicultural goal, identification and delimitation of pest and diseases, population dynamics, prognoses and signalization, critical pest number, threshold limit, delimitation and choice of plant protection methods. Efficacy evaluation of IPM programs, economics of IPM programs. Implementation of a model IPM program for crops (cereals, oil crops, tuber crops, leguminous crops, and perennial crops), vegetables and ornamental plants fruit crops and vine.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
- Preparation for credit
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 20 hours per semester
- Semestral paper
- 20 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 56 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of this course is theory of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and fundamentals formation of IPM programs generated not only with respect to efficacy, but also to hygienic, toxicological, economic and ecological aspects.
Students are able to orientate in the field of natural enemies and their practical using in integrated pest management IPM
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Prerequisites
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Standard knowledge of entomology, plant pathogelogy, biology and microbiology
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Combined exam
Active participation in exercises, protocols from laboratory exercises, student project, understanding the curriculum defined for the exam.
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Recommended literature
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Dufour R. Biointensive Integrated Pest Management - Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture, ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, available on-line http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/ipm.html. 2001.
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Hrudová E., Pokorný R., Víchová J. Integrovaná ochrana rostlin, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, skripta, 151 s., 2006..
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Malais, M.H., Ravensberg, W.J. Knowing and recognizing : the biology of glasshouse pest and their natural enemies. Koppert Biological Systems, Inc.. 1992.
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Persley, G. J. Biotechnology and Integrated Pest Management. Washington DC, The World Bank, USA, 512 s.. 1996.
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