5 ECTS credits
125 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4020094FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering Sciences
Department
Biology
External partners
Université libre de Bruxelles
Educational team
Decaan WE (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
24 contact hours Lecture
12 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
26 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Generalities.
Tropical climates.
Particularities of tropical conditions for agriculture.
Pesticide use in the tropics
Generalist pests: mites, sap‐sucking insects, generalist moths, migratory locusts, social insects.
Biology, damage, economical impact, control methods
Pests of cereals.
Pests of fruits and fruit trees.
Forestry pests
Examples of recent pest outbreaks
Conclusions.
Precautions and management methods.

Additional info

Course material, text books and further reading:
Web site: FAO, Plant production & protection: http://www.fao.org/waicent/st/level_1.asp?main_id=13
Crop Protection Compendium (CD‐set). CABI, Wallingford, UK. Handbook of Pest Management in
Agriculture (3 volume‐set). D. Pimentel (editor). CRC Press, 1981. Pests of Crops in Warmer Climates and
Their Control. D.S. Hill. Springer Verlag, 2008.

Learning Outcomes

General Competencies

To pinpoint and illustrate by examples the special difficulties encountered in tropical regions regarding management of insect pests.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Other exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

breakdown
Oral assessment: 100%

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biology: AR Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems, start at Brussels
Master of Biology: AR Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems, start at Paris
Master of Biology: AR Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems, start at Cayenne