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| VEGE0001-1 | Plant protection products bases
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| Duration : | 24h Th |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Advanced Master in Tropical and Subtropical Culture Protection | | Premier quadrimestre | | 2 |
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| Master in Agricultural Bioengineering, Professional Focus, 1st year | | Premier quadrimestre | | 2 |
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| Master in Chemistry and Bio-industries, Professional Focus, 2nd year | | Premier quadrimestre | | 2 |
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| Master in Environmental Bioengineering, Professional Focus, 1st year | | Premier quadrimestre | | 2 |
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| Master in Forests and Natural Areas, Professional Focus, 1st year | | Premier quadrimestre | | 2 |
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| Master in statistics : biostatistics, professional focus , 1st year | | Premier quadrimestre | | 2 |
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| Holder(s) : | Bruno Schiffers |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | 1. Regulation and commercial constraints on production
2. General properties of plant protection products
3. Toxicology and exposure
4. Risks for environment
5. Risk analysis and risk management for consumer
6. Properties of insecticides and resistance management
7. Properties of fongicides
8. Properties of herbicides
9. European and belgian regulation |
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| Course objective : | To explain the various methods of plant diseases, pests and weeds control as well as the significant properties of the pesticides (toxicology, biological activity, persistence, ways of degradation, ¿). To present the bases of the classification of the products and the Belgian and European regulation (homologation). To study the biological activity of the insecticides, the fungicides and the herbicides.
After completing the course the student is expected to
- To situate the use of the plant protection products within the European regulation framework, in the respect of food safety, worker exposure and durable plant production
- To know the regulation and to understand the requirements relating to the placement on the
market of the plant protection products
- To be able to select an protection method effective and respectful of the environment
- To be able to choose a plant protection product considering his biological, chemical and environmental properties |
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| Prerequisites : | Plant protection
Ecology |
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| Organization : | Lectures : 24h |
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| Written notes : | SCHIFFERS, B. (2005). Notes de cours. FUSAGx. |
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| Assessment : | Oral examination (100%) |
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