| Department of Plant Biology
45 % Department of Ecology 35 % Department of Agricultural Sciences 20 % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | BSc. 2 year to BSc. 3 year | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | Outside schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 15 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | BSc | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination and oral examination Written Exam in Lecturehall All aids allowed Description of Examination: 4h written examination and a oral presentation of a poster based on a project. Weight: Both must be passed. pass/fail, internal examiner | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Requirement For Attending Exam | Participation in excursions and at least 75% of exercises | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Lectures, practical & theoretical exercises, excursions, group work and project | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Outside schedule Week Structure: Outside schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technology & produktion Knowledge of the biology, identification and control options of selected diseases, pests and weeds of annual and perennial crops in different horticultural growing systems. Understanding of the main characteristics of important groups of pests(insects, mites and nematodes); disease-causing agents (fungi, bacteria and virus); weeds (including seedlings)and beneficial organisms; types and examples of problems caused by abiotic stress factors; control strategies and technologies. Comprehension of disease cycles of selected plant pathogens including survival, infection, spread and major types of symptoms; types of damage caused and life cycles and strategies of selected pests and beneficials; origin, establishment, survival, spread and beneficial and negative effects on crop plants of selected weed species. Understanding of plant protection in the wider perspectives of society and the environment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The aim of the course is to give a basic understanding of the biology, identification and control of diseases, pests and weeds of annual and perennial crops in different horticultural growing systems. A further aim is to help participants relate this knowledge to the wider perspectives of society and the environment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Participants will be given an introduction to: The main characteristics of important groups of pests, diseases and weeds (including seedlings) and beneficial organisms. Life strategies of selected pests(insects, mites and nematodes)and the types of damage they cause. Disease cycles of plant pathogens belonging to major groups (virus, fungi and bacteria), their survival, infection, spread and major types of symptoms. Origin, establishment, survival, spread, beneficial and negative effects on crop plants of selected weed species. Types and examples of problems caused by abiotic stress factors. Crop protection technology. Crop losses due to pests, diseases and weeds,their assessment and economic importance. Approaches to control of pests, diseases and weeds: use of resistant cultivars, cultural methods, chemical and biological methods. Ecology of weed plants. Application technology. Damage thresholds, prognosis and other monitoring and forecasting systems. Production of healthy planting material, inspection and certification schemes, quarantine. Choice of control method and strategy to fit different growing systems. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The first part of the course (approx. 80%) is organised in modules devoted to the following subdisciplines: pests including nematodes, plant pathology (diseases caused by fungi, virus, bacteria and abiotic factors), weed science, plant protection technology. Teaching and learning tools include: lectures, practical laboratory and theoretical exercises, excursions outside the universities in Denmark and Sweden. Visits to relevant laboratories at KVL and SLU. In the second part of the course (approx. 20%), students work in groups on a project and prepare a poster. Each group presents its poster to the rest of the course, at a final seminar. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Hockenhull, johoc@life.ku.dk, Department of Plant Biology/Plant Pathology Section, Phone: 35333308 Peter Anderson, Peter.Anderson@vv.slu.se, Department of Agricultural Sciences/DSH guests, Phone: 3528 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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