Infoagro
Location
En línea
Educational program name
Higher Course - Biological Pest Control
Language
Spanish
EQF level
6
I-VET / C-VET
C-vet
Modality
Informal
Short Summary
The use of beneficial organisms (pollinators, predators and parasitoids) in recent years has shown its usefulness in improving the quality of horticultural products, and in pest control in protected crops.
Keywords/Topics
pest, integrated control, integrated pest control, integrated management, integrated pest management, biological control, biological control, biological control of pests, biological control of pests, natural enemies, auxiliary fauna, predator, predator, parasitoid, parasite, entomopathogen, pathogen, entomophagous, phytophagous, host, endoparasitoid, ectoparasitoid, gregarious, monophagous, oliphagous, monophagy, oligophagy, phytophagy, sampling, damage threshold, treatment threshold, sample, sequential sampling, binomial sampling, enumerative sequential sampling, geostatistics, GIS, geographic information systems, insects, mites, phytoseiid mites, phytoseiidae, whitefly, thrips, aphids, spider mites, viruses, fungi, nematodes, bacteria, coleoptera, coleoptera, coccid, coccinellid, carabids, carabid, neuroptera, neuroptera, diptera, diptera, hoverfidae, hoverfidae, heteroptera, heteroptera, mirids, mirid, noctuid, noctuids, antacorids, antacorid, braconid, braconids, aphids, aphid gone, hymenoptera, hymenoptera, aphelinids. aphelinid, leafminer, mealybug, sciarids, lepidoptera, lepidoptera, baculovirus, polyhedrosis, granulosis, nuclear polyhedrosis, trophobiosis, homoligosis, euseius stipulatus, amblyseius andersoni, amblyseius californicus, tetranychus urticae, phytoseiulus persimilis, amblyseius cucumeris, franklinyseius ambirskilis occidentalis montdorensis, rodolia cardinalis, coccinella septumpunctata, adalia bipunctata, aphis gossypii, macrosiphum euphorbiae, myzus persicae, cryptolaemus moutrouzieri, calosoma sycophanta, chrysoperla carnea, episyrphus balteatus, eupeodes corollae sphaerophoria scripta, sphaerophoria rueppelli, cecidómidos, cecídomido, aphidoletes aphidimyza, feltiella acarisuga, nesidiocoris tenuis, bemisia tabaci, trialeudores vaporariorum, macrolophus pygmaeus, macrolophus caliginosus, orius laevigatus, orius majusculus, anthocoris nemoralis, hyposoter didymator, spodoptera exigua, cotesia marginiventris, spodoptera littoralis, opius concolor, psyttalia conc olor, dacnuca sibirica, aphidius colemani, aphidius ervi, aphidius matricariae, lysiphlebus testaceipes, trichogramma evanescens, autographa gamma, chrysodeisis chalcites, trichogramma achaeae, aphelinus abdominalis, aphytis melinus, encarsia formosa, eretmocerus eremicus, diglyphus triglyphus isaea, neomyrissochary forlisomichazary chrysonotomya formosa, exorista larvarum, bacillus thuringiesis, beauveria bassiana, verticillium lecanii, metarrhizium anisoplinae, steinernema, heterorhabditis
Cost
310
Certification
Private certification
Start date
Continuously
Duration
120 hours
Key skill set
Biological Pest Control
Category
plant protection and conservation
Entry conditions
No conditions
Learning outcomes
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF PESTS. CONCEPT AND METHODS. DECISION-MAKING IN PEST CONTROL. ENTOMOPHAGOUS ARTHROPODS (I). PREDATORS. ENTOMOPHAGOUS ARTHROPODS (II). PARASITOIDS. ENTOMOPATHOGENS. SIDE EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES ON NATURAL ENEMIES. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN GREENHOUSE HORTICULTURAL CROPS.