2024
Integrated Crop Protection of Olive Orchard I
Name: Integrated Crop Protection of Olive Orchard I
Code: FIT12485M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Agronomy
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
With this UC the students should to know and to identify the diseases and pests that infect the olive crop.
They should identify the disease and pest symptoms based on the host symptomatology and through the
pathogen structures, under microscope and magnifying glass observation.
The students should to know the diagnostic methods in order to identify each one of the diseases and the
diseases management strategies.
They should identify the disease and pest symptoms based on the host symptomatology and through the
pathogen structures, under microscope and magnifying glass observation.
The students should to know the diagnostic methods in order to identify each one of the diseases and the
diseases management strategies.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Integrated disease and pest management (IPM)
2.1. Components
2.2. Damage risk assessment
2.3. Economic threshold
2.4. Control methods selection
3. Biotic diseases in olive crop
3.1. The nematodes (Meloidogyne sp.)
3.2. The olive anthracnose (Colletotrichum acutatum e C. gloeosporioides)
3.3. Cercospora leaf spot of olives (Pseudocercospora cladosporioides)
3.4. The olive rot root (Phytophthora spp., Rosellinia necatrix e Armillaria mellea)
3.5. Camarosporium dalmaticum infecting olive fruits
3.6. The sooty mould in olive trees (Capnodium spp., Limacinula spp. e Aureobasidium spp.)
3.7. Viruses and phytoplasmas that infecting olive
4. Olive pests
4.1. Olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae)
4.2. Black scale (Saissetia oleae)
4.3. Tabby knot-horn (Euzophera pinguis)
4.4. Olive bark beetle (Phloeotribus scarabaeoides)
4. Material for pesticide application
2. Integrated disease and pest management (IPM)
2.1. Components
2.2. Damage risk assessment
2.3. Economic threshold
2.4. Control methods selection
3. Biotic diseases in olive crop
3.1. The nematodes (Meloidogyne sp.)
3.2. The olive anthracnose (Colletotrichum acutatum e C. gloeosporioides)
3.3. Cercospora leaf spot of olives (Pseudocercospora cladosporioides)
3.4. The olive rot root (Phytophthora spp., Rosellinia necatrix e Armillaria mellea)
3.5. Camarosporium dalmaticum infecting olive fruits
3.6. The sooty mould in olive trees (Capnodium spp., Limacinula spp. e Aureobasidium spp.)
3.7. Viruses and phytoplasmas that infecting olive
4. Olive pests
4.1. Olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae)
4.2. Black scale (Saissetia oleae)
4.3. Tabby knot-horn (Euzophera pinguis)
4.4. Olive bark beetle (Phloeotribus scarabaeoides)
4. Material for pesticide application
Teaching Methods
The teaching methodologies understand theoretical-practical classes, complemented by field
sessions/work.
The curricular unit evaluation is carried through a written test and a final exam (120 min each).
sessions/work.
The curricular unit evaluation is carried through a written test and a final exam (120 min each).
