Explore the programs and courses offered by Plant protection – Dr Yahia Fares University of Medea
Browse Programs Admission InformationCrop protection aims to preserve production potential, stabilise yields, improve quality and guarantee the quantity of food products, while promoting trade. To achieve this, farmers have a range of methods at their disposal to protect their crops: cultural practices, varietal selection, prophylactic measures, biological control, chemical control, etc.
The aim of plant protection is to provide the scientific and operational knowledge necessary for the training of plant protection practitioners. These professionals must be able to manage and understand developments related to the perception of living organisms, the pest/beneficial organism/plant/abiotic factors complex, and its integrated management.
Plant protection is multidisciplinary and draws on the biology and ecology of crop pests in order to design integrated pest management strategies. These strategies may include the use of plant protection products (pesticides), but also the use of alternative or complementary solutions: prophylactic control, genetic control, biological control, while integrating the objectives of the producer and the expectations of the citizen.
• General and organic chemistry
• Cell biology
• Mathematics, statistics and computer science
• Universal history of biological sciences
• Thermodynamics and solution chemistry
• Plant biology
• Animal biology
• Zoology
• Animal physiology
• Biochemistry
• Genetics
• Agronomy I
• Agronomy II
• Microbiology
• Botany
• Plant physiology
o The main animal pests
o The main plant pests
o Bioecology of pests
o Control methods and risks
o Planning and management of integrated pest management
o Plant protection of crops
o Plant physiopathology
o Biology of plants of agri-food interest
o Toxicology
o General phytopharmacy
o Methodology
o Molecular biology
o In-vitro culture
o Bio-informatics
o English
Students eligible to enrol in the Plant Protection Bachelor's degree must have a high school diploma and have completed the first year of the Bachelor's degree in Natural and Life Sciences and the second year of the Bachelor's degree in Agronomy.