Study programme 2015 - 2016
Pheromones and Chemical communications
Activité d'apprentissage à la Faculty of Science
CodeLecturer(s)Associate Lecturer(s)Subsitute Lecturer(s) et other(s)
S-BIOG-037
  • RASMONT Pierre
      Language
      of instruction      		Language
      of assessment      		 HT(*) HTPE(*) HTPS(*) HR(*) HD(*) Term
      FrançaisFrançais

      Contents

      Dissection of pheromones glands; extraction with hexane; gas chromatography coupled or not with mass spectrometer. Ethological tests. Statistical analysis of the results.
      Practicals are mandatory.

      Required Reading

      Required Learning Resources/Tools

      Rasmont P. 2012. Introduction à l'étude des phéromones: L'analyse des sécrétions labiales céphaliques des mâles de bourdons. Notes de cours, UMons, 24 pp.

      Recommended Reading

      Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

      Not applicable

      Other Recommended Reading

      Coppée A., Terzo M., Valterova I. & Rasmont P. 2008. Intraspecific Variation of the Cephalic Labial Gland Secretions in Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Chemistry & Biodiversity 5: 2654-2661; Paterson H.E.H. 1992. Evolution and the recognition concept of species. John Hopkins University press; Rasmont P., Terzo M., Aytekin M.A., Hines H., Urbanova K., Cahlikova L. & Valterova I. 2005. Pheromone analysis of the bumble bee subgenus Sibiricobombus Vogt suggests Bombus niveatus Kriechbaumer and Bombus vorticosus Gerstaecker are conspecific (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus). Apidologie, 36: 571-584; Silverstein R.M., Bassler G.C. & Morill T.C. 1991. Spectrometric identification of organic compounds. John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Terzo M., Valterova I., Urbanova K. & Rasmont P. 2003. De la nécessité de redécrire les phéromones sexuelles des mâles de bourdons [Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini] publiées avant 1996 pour leur utilisation en analyse phylogénétique. Phytoprotection, 84 :39-49.

      Mode of delivery

      • Face to face

      Term 1 Assessment - type

      • Presentation and works
      • Oral examination

      Term 1 Assessment - comments

      Not applicable

      Term 2 Assessment - type

      • Presentation and works
      • Oral Examination

      Term 2 Assessment - comments

      Not applicable

      Term 3 Assessment - type

      • Presentation and works
      • Oral examination

      Term 3 Assessment - comments

      Not applicable

      Resit Assessment - Term 1 (B1BA1) - type

      • Presentation and works
      • Oral examination

      Resit Assessment - Term 1 (B1BA1) - Comments

      Not applicable

      UE : Programme component - AA : Teaching activity
      (*) HT : Hours of theory - HTPE : Hours of in-class exercices - HTPS : hours of practical work - HD : HMiscellaneous time - HR : Hours of remedial classes. - Per. (Period), Y=Year, Q1=1st term et Q2=2nd term