- Docente: Sanja Baric
- Credits: 3
- SSD: AGR/12
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Horticultural Science (cod. 8883)
Learning outcomes
The knowledge acquired will allow the understanding of European and national regulations on registration and application of plant protection products. The student will link the correct use of agrochemicals with the resulting residues on horticultural products. Students will also acquire tools to become constantly updated on the future evolution of the plant protection product portfolio.
Course contents
- Review of the properties and the application of plant protection products
- European and international legislation on plant protection products
- Procedure for the approval of active substances of plant protection products including toxicological and ecotoxicological risk assessments
- Authorisation of plant protection products
- Sustainable use of plant protection products
- Spray drift
- Residues of plant protection products in food
Readings/Bibliography
Handouts and selected papers shall be given to the students during the course.
Graham Matthews (2016) Pesticides: Health, Safety and the Environment, 2nd Edition. John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 978-1-118-97586-2
Fred Whitford (2002) The Complete Book of Pesticide Management: Science, Regulation, Stewardship, and Communication. Wiley Interscience, ISBN: 978-0-471-40728-7
Teaching methods
18 hours of frontal lectures combined with class discussions; 12 hours of exercises
Assessment methods
Final written exam at the end of the course
Teaching tools
PowerPoint presentations of the lectures as well as technical and scientific papers will be made available through the online platform of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Office hours
See the website of Sanja Baric