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| VEGE0001-1 | Plant protection products bases
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| Duration : | 24h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Advanced Master in Tropical and Subtropical Culture Protection | | First semester | | 2 |
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| Master en sciences agronomiques et industrie du vivant, à finalité approfondie, 1st year | | First semester | | 2 |
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| Master in Agricultural Bioengineering, Professional Focus, 1st year | | First semester | | 2 |
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| Master in Chemistry and Bio-industries, Professional Focus, 2nd year | | First semester | | 2 |
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| Master en sciences agronomiques et industrie du vivant, à finalité spécialisée en valorisation biologique des déchets, 1st year | | First semester | | 2 |
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| Master in Statistics : Biostatistics, professional focus , 1st year | | First semester | | 2 |
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| Required preliminary complements to Advanced Master in Plant and Animal Resource Management in tropical environment | | First semester | | 2 |
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| Lecturer : | Bruno Schiffers |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| 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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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 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 and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Plant protection
Ecology |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 24h |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| SCHIFFERS, B. (2005). Notes de cours. FUSAGx. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination (100%) |
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Contacts :
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| Bruno Schiffers
Laboratoire de Phytopharmacie
081 62 22 15
bruno.schiffers@ulg.ac.be |
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