Course Outline

1. Course Title: Agrobio-products for Healthy Food and Planet

2. Duration: 3 weeks

3. Objectives:

To achieve the basic principles of bio-control and to be able to achieve mass

production skills together with quality control prior to its implementation in the field.

4. Course Contents: Agrobio-products for healthy food and planet

5. Participants’ Criteria:

Applicants must fulfill the following requirements:

▪ Currently working with at least two years of experience in a relevant field

▪ Bachelor degree or possess an equivalent academic background in
agriculture or related fields
▪ Language: proficiency in English (speaking, reading and writing)

6. Attendance and Evaluation

▪ Assignment, interactive class participation, quizz & Presentation
▪ Module assignment
▪ Module evaluation
▪ Course evaluation
7. Venue:

Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen

8. Expected Results:

At the end of this course, participants are expected to be capable to produce at least one
agrobio-product (s)
9. Organization/Institution:

▪ Implementing Agency:

Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, THAILAND

Tel: (66 43) 202360 Fax: (66 43) 202361

▪ Contact Person:

Associate Professor Dr. Poramate Banterng

Email: bporam@kku.ac.th, Mobile Phone: (66) 81-967-1343

 Schedule for Training Programme:

Agrobio-products for Healthy Food and Planet

Responsible /
Date Time Session/Activity
Speaker
Agrobio-products for healthy food and planet
DAY 1 09.00- Bio-control and natural enemies for control insect Team teaching
Online 12.00 pest: key concept (LEC)
▪ Introduction & the theory of the biocontrol for
insect pest management
▪ Natural enemies
- Predators as Biological Control Agents
- Parasitoids as Biological Control Agents
- Microorganism as Biological Control
Agents
13.30- Assignment or field survey (LAB):
16.30 ▪ Field survey on agronomic crop VS
horticultural crop
▪ How to survey natural enemies in the field?
- Classification of good insect (Natural
enemies)
- Classification of bad insect (Insect pests)
DAY 2 09.00- Design and creation of production plan for bio- agent Team teaching
Online 12.00 ▪ From inception to completion (LEC):
- Case study for parasitoids
- Case study for pathogens
- Case study for entomopathogenic
nematodes
13.30- Assignment (LAB):
16.30 - Develop your own bio-agent production
plan
DAY 3 9.00- Current and future pathway for commercialization of Team teaching
Online 12.00 bio-products (LEC)
▪ Mass Production Techniques: Factors
involvement
▪ Show case and assignment: Trichogramma sp.
▪ Show case and assignment: Metarhizium
anisopliae
13.30- (LAB)
16.30 ▪ Show case and assignment: Entomopathogenic
nematode (Steinernema sp.)
▪ Show case and assignment: Bacteria (Bacillus
sp.)
 Responsible /
Date Time Session/Activity
Speaker
DAY 4 9.00- Current and future pathway for commercialization of Team teaching
Online 12.00 bio-products (LEC)
▪ Formulation, shelf life, packaging and quality
control
- Show case and assignment: Entomopathogenic
fungi and bacteria (Metarhizium anisopliae and
Bacillus sp.)
-Show case and assignment:
Entomopathogenic nematode (Steinernema
spp.)

13.30- Current and future pathway for commercialization of Team teaching

16.30 bio-products (Cont.)
▪ Quality control
- Show case and assignment: Egg parasitoid
(Trichogramma sp.) and Entomopathogenic
nematode (Steinernema sp.)
-Show case and assignment: Entomopathogenic
fungi (Metarhizium anisopliae) and bacteria
(Bacillus sp.)
DAY 5 9.00- Theory and application of plant extraction technology Team teaching
Online 12.00 ▪ Bio pesticides (plant extract) for insect control
▪ Bio pesticides (plant extract) for weed control
13.30- Multimedia tour for Atitaya torni learning center in Team teaching
16.30 Surin province
- Classification of Thai local herb
- Local recipes for bio-pesticides
WEEK 2
DAY 6 9.00- Overview of plant disease and plant pathogens (LEC) Dr. Petcharat
Online 12.00 • Introduction of pant pathogenic organisms, Thummabenjapone
Symptoms of plant diseases, and basic and Team
diagnosis of plant diseases.
13.30- Dual-purpose of Vermicompost: biofertilizer and Dr. Shanerin Falab
16.30 bioagents (LEC) and Dr. Chuleemas
• Vermicompost microbiome Boonthai Iwai
• Vermicompost as plant growth promoters
• Vermicompost as biocontrol agent against
soilborne plant pathogens.
DAY 7 9.00- Biological control of plant pathogenic bacteria and Dr. Petcharat
Online 12.00 plant virus. (LEC) Thummabenjapone
 Responsible /
Date Time Session/Activity
Speaker
• The introduction of biological control agents
(BCAs).
• Mechanism of BCAs for control plant
pathogenic bacteria.
• Strategy for biological control of plant virus
diseases.
13.30- Biological control by Trichoderma spp. (LEC) Dr. Suwita
16.30 • Mechanisms of Trichoderma spp. Saepaisan
• Uses of Trichoderma strains for sustainable
management of plant diseases.
DAY 8 9.00- Biological control of plant parasitic nematodes (LEC) Dr. Kansiree
Online 12.00 • Biological control of plant parasitic nematodes Jindapunnapat
by biological control agents.
13.30- • Assessment of plant growth promotion by Dr. Shanerin Falab
16.30 Vermicompost. (LAB) and Team
DAY 9 9.00- Screening of antagonistic microorganism (LAB) Dr. Petcharat
Online 12.00 • How to screen antagonistic bacteria and fungi Thummabenjapone
• Evaluation of antagonistic potentials and Team
13.30- Screening of antagonistic microorganism (LAB) Dr. Petcharat
16.30 • How to screen antagonistic bacteria and fungi Thummabenjapone
• Evaluation of antagonistic potentials and Team
DAY 10 9.00- Bio-agents production (LAB) Dr. Petcharat
Online 12.00 • Application of bio-product and multiplication Thummabenjapone
procedure of Bacillus based bioproduct for and Team
farmer use.
• Mass production and Quality control
antagonistic fungi Trichoderma for control
plant diseases.
13.30- (LAB) Dr. Suwita
16.30 Bio-agents production: Saepaisan
• Production of vetiver extract and oil against the and Team
root-knot nematode.
Biocontrol of plant diseases for Sustainable
Agriculture.
• A case study for plant disease control
WEEK 3
DAY 1 Online 09.00- ▪ Local community vegetables grower and bio- Team teaching
12.00 product producer (award guarantee): Ban Non
Kwao GAP vegetable grower to Tesco lotus
supermarket (Household scale)
 Responsible /
Date Time Session/Activity
Speaker
DAY 2 Online 09.00- ▪ Mitr Phol R&D: Egg parasitoid and Fungi lab Team teaching
12.00 unit and farmer extension (Industrial scale)
DAY 3 Online 09.00- ▪ Department of Agriculture: Microorganism lab Team teaching
12.00 unit and farmer technology transfer network
(Pilot scale for farmer)
DAY 4 Online 09.00- ▪ Department of Extension: Parasitoid and Team teaching
12.00 predator lab unit and farmer technology
transfer network (straightforward to farmer)
DAY 5 Online 09.00- ▪ KKU-bio-product center and vermitech (Start Team teaching
12.00 up scale)
LECTURE 30 hrs.
LABORATORY 30 hrs.
EXCURSION 15 hrs. (5 times x 3 hrs.)
 หลักสูตร Agrobio-products for Healthy Food and Planet
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งบจัดสรรให้
1. ค่าบรรยายภาษาต่างประเทศ ไม่เกินชัวโมงละ
่ 2,000 บาท (2,000 บาท x 15 ชม.) (กีฏวิทยา) 30,000
(สาหรับวิทยากรเป็ นข้าราชการ (บรรยาย) (1,000 บาท x 15 ชม.) (กีฏวิทยา) 15,000
รัฐวิสาหกิจ และภาคเอกชน) ไม่เกินชัวโมงละ
่ 1,000 บาท (2,000 บาท X 15 ชม.) (โรคพืช) 30,000
(ปฏิบตั กิ าร) (1,000 บาท x 15 ชม.) (โรคพืช) 15,000
= 90,000
2. ค่าจัดทาสื่อวีดที ศั น์แทนการศึกษาดู ตามความจาเป็ นและเหมาะสม 300,000
งานและบทปฏิบตั กิ าร
3. ค่าวัสดุอุปกรณ์ทางห้องปฏิบตั กิ ารเพื่อ ตามความจาเป็ นและเหมาะสม (57,000 บาท) (กีฏวิทยา) 57,000
ใช้ในการสอนปฏิบตั กิ าร (50,500 บาท) (โรคพืช) 50,500
= 107,500
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่ (1,000 บาท x 5 สถานที่ x 6 30,000
ดูงานเพื่อจัดทาสื่อวีดที ศั น์ ชัวโมง)
่
5. ค่าแปลสื่อมัลติมเี ดียเป็ นภาษาอังกฤษ ตามความจาเป็ นและเหมาะสม 50,000
รวม 577,500
6. ค่าตอบแทนมหาวิทยาลัย 10 % 57,750
รวมเป็ นเงิ นทัง้ สิ้ น 635,250