Fundamentals of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Provide to the student basic knowledge on: insect families and species most important for agriculture and on disease agents of plants of agricultural interest; biology and ethology of key insects of the main crops and pathogens (fungi, bacteria, viruses and phytoplasmas) agent of infectious diseases; diagnostic tools; pest population dynamics and disease epidemiology; biological control and strategies for innovative and sustainable defense management of the crops of agricultural interest.

Knowledge of: the insect orders and of the morphological characteristics of the most important families and species of agricultural interest; the main diseases of crops of agricultural interest; the models of the pest population and disease dynamics; the fundamentals of biological control. The student will be able to manage the defense of crops according to sustainability principles.