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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Insect morphology - exoskeleton and ecdysis; construction and function of head, chest and buttocks pendants. Insect anatomy and physiology - digestive system and basics of digestive physiology, respiratory system, circulatory system and blood function; the nervous system and the most important aspects of the activity of the nervous system; genitals and reproduction. Insect development - embryonic and postembryonic development, juvenile stage, insect hormones and their functions. Basic principles of insect classification. Ametabola - morphology, development, autecological characteristics and systematics. Heterometabola (Hemimetabola) - morphology, development, autecological characteristics and systematics of insects with imperfect transformation. Holometabola - morphology, development, autecological characteristics and systematics of insects with perfect transformation. Basics of plant acarology - morphology, anatomy and development of phytophagous mites. Phytophagous nematodes - morphology, anatomy, development and classification of nematodes according to their relationship to plants. Delimitation of pests according to significance. Forecast and signaling. Agrotechnical methods for controlling the frequency of pest populations - tillage, sowing procedure, plant nutrition, plant breeding for pest resistance. Biological methods of plant protection - main groups of bioagents, methodology of biological plant protection, strategies of biological plant protection. Biorational methods of plant protection - semiochemicals, insect hormone analogues, inhibitors of chitin synthesis. Genetic methods - autocidal methods, induced resistance. Physical and mechanical methods of controlling the frequency of pest populations.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Demonstration
- Class attendance
- 9 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 21 hours per semester
- Preparation for classes
- 120 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to gain basic knowledge about individual groups of animal pests - mites, phytopathogenic nematodes and insects and to acquire knowledge about the determination, ecology and regulation of the most important pests of field and garden crops.
Students will get acquainted with the methods of protection against insect pests, with the factors influencing the population ecology of crop pests and how the knowledge of insect ecology can be used in the protection of plants against pests. Based on the knowledge, the graduate will be able to decide what protective measures and to what extent to apply against harmful agents. Students will learn to recognize individual groups of pests according to morphological and behavioral traits, they will know the basic and most important pests of individual crops and will be able to correctly determine based on their knowledge of which pest, or. antagonist or useful species.
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Prerequisites
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Standard knowledge of biology from secondary school
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Combined exam
Exercises, lessons and exam.
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Recommended literature
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Dent, D. Insect Pest Management. Wallington, CAB International, UK, 2000, 432 s..
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Gullan, P.J., Cranston, P.S. The Insects. An Outline of Entomology. 5th ed.. John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
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Helyer N., Cattlin N.D., Brown K.C. Biological control in plant protection. 2nd ed.. CRC Press, 2014.
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Schowalter T.D. Insect Ecology. An Ecosystem Approach. 3rd ed.. Elsevier Inc., 2011.
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Šefrová H. Rostlinolékařská entomologie. Konvoj Brno, 2006.
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