Course description:

1.   Introduction (economic importance, sub-disciplines of entomology).

2.   Morphology-anatomy-physiology (Tegument, and organic systems. Metamorphosis of insects).

3.   Systematic entomology (morphology, biology and identification of orders with agricultural importance: Collembola, Isoptera, Blattaria, Orthoptera, Thysanoptera, Heteroptera, Homoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Anoplura, Mallophaga, Siphonaptera).

4.   Biology, ecology and control (chemical, biological and other) of some main insect pests of cultivated plants.

Teaching aids: "Lectures in Agricultural Entomology" by K. Pelekasis

Examination: Written (Theory), Oral (Lab. work)