VEGE0001-1 : Plant protection products bases

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Study programmes 2012-2013

Last update : 18/06/2013

Version 2011-2012

VEGE0001-1

Plant protection products bases

Duration :

24h Th

Number of credits :

Required preliminary complements to Advanced Master in Plant and Animal Resource Management in tropical environment		2

Lecturer :

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Language(s) of instruction :

French language

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

Learning outcomes of the course :

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

Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :

Plant protection
Ecology

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Lectures : 24h