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Course code: RRSS10043o14Semester: 2014/2015 summer
Name: Plant Pathology
Major: Agriculture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Ewa Moszczyńska
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: After this course the student will have knowledge about plant pathogen and diseases which are caused by these pathogens. Also they should be able to recognize the most common pathogens, which are responsible for the majority of diseases in agricultural, horticultural and fruit-growing area. The student should be able to implement elements of symptomatology in order to diagnose a disease and also estimate damages caused by the most dangerous plant pathogens. Apart from the above they will also have basic knowledge of epidemiology and will understand both the dynamic of plant pathogens and correlation between pathogen, host and other organism.
Competences: Phytopathologists as experts are indispensable in different companies in the agricultural and horticultural areas and also in advisory companies dealing with such areas as: education, administration, educational institutions and chemical corporations.
Prerequisites: Botany, Biochemistry, Plant Physiology
Course content: Phytopathology is the study of the living entities and the environmental conditions that cause disease in plants; the mechanisms by which these factors produce disease in plants; the interaction between the disease-causing agents and the disease plant; and the methods of preventing disease. Student will learn about the diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, parasitic higher plants, viruses and nematodes. They also study plant disorders caused by the excess, imbalance, or lack of certain physical or chemical factors, such as moisture, temperature and nutrients. Phytopathology may call upon the basic techniques and knowledge of botany, mycology, bacteriology, virology, plant physiology and genetics
Recommended literature: Plant Pathology. Agrrios G., N. (4th edition lub nowsza) 1997. ISBNACademic Press INC.
Assessment methods: passing of practice, written exam after semester 5, minimum knowledge required to pass – 60%.
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