General Entomology (Undergraduate course)

Importance and diversity of insects; External and internal anatomy, physiology; Sensory systems and behavior; Reproduction; Development and life cycle; Biogeography, systematics, phylogeny and evolution; Water and soil insects; Insect societies; Insects and plants; Predation, parasitism and defense in insects. Main orders of insects.

 

 

Agricultural Entomology (Undergraduate course)

Concept of pests; Sampling methods of pests; Economic levels; Tactics of chemicall, biological, plant resistance, behavioral, cultural, physical, mechanical control; Toxicological class and mechanism of action of insecticides; Application technology; equipments for individual safety; Major agricultural pests of economic importance and their integrated management.

 

 

Agricultural Acarology (Undergraduate course)

Introduction to Prostigmata, and Mesostigmata; Morphology, physiology, biology, reproduction, behavior, taxonomy, evolution and ecology of Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae, Tarsonemidae, Eriophyoidea, Phytoseiidae, and Ascidae. Integrated and ecological management of pest mites of the main agricultural crops and stored products. Mites as biological models. GM mite predators.

 

 

Integrated Pest Management (Graduate)

Agroecological bases of integrated pest management; Sampling methods of pests and evaluation of agro-ecosystems; Determination and use of damage/control levels in integrated pest management; Strategies and tactics of the integrated management of major agricultural pests; Phytosanitary warning stations; Agroecological bases of agricultural acarology.