CROP DISEASES II

Subject

Subject Category

Course(s):

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE

Year:

Semester:

Info

AG412

Hours and credits:

Lecture	Tutorials	Laboratory
2	0	3

Department:

Department of Agriculture

Subject content

Learning outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Understand the disease development in plant population and relate the epidemiological principles to disease control;

2. Understand the biology and ecology of soil borne pathogens to formulate sustainable disease management strategies;

3. Know about seed health and basic strategies to produce pathogen free seeds.

Syllabus:

Disease Epidemiology: disease development in population, crop loss assessment, disease forecasting, disease management strategies, major principles of disease control and the relationship of epidemiological parameters to disease control, host resistance mechanisms, gene deployment strategies, designing experiments and sampling, integrated disease management, diseases of major crops of PNG and their control; Seed Pathology: economic significance of seed-borne diseases, mechanisms of seed transmission, seed storage problems and hazards caused by mycotoxins, seed health testing, control of seed-borne diseases, quarantine for seed; Soil Microbiology: the soil population, methods of studying the ecology of soil microorganisms, symptomatology and epidemiology of soil borne diseases, principles of soil borne disease control.

References:

Cooke, B. M., Jones, D. Gareth, Kaye, B. (eds.), The epidemiology of plant diseases, Springer Science & Business Media, New York, USA, 2002.

Brown, J. F., Ogle, H. J. (eds.), Plant pathogens and plant diseases, Rockvale Publications, Armidale, Australia, 1997.

Agarwal, V. K., Sinclair, J. B., Principles of seed pathology, CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA, 1996.

Campbell, C. L., Madden, L. V., Introduction to plant disease epidemiology, John Wiley and Sons, New York, USA, 1994.

Teng, P. S. (ed.), Crop loss assessment and pest management, APS Press, St. Paul, USA, 1987.

Neergaard, P., Seed pathology, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, USA, 1977.

Assessment:

Continuous assessment 40%

Written examination 60%

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