Area: | Department of Environmental Biology |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 1756 (v.7) Plant Biology 101 or any previous version
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303226 (v.2) Horticulture Plant and Soil Resources 101 or any previous version
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303231 (v.2) Horticultural Plant and Soil Systems 102 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Animate and inanimate causes of maladies in plants, elements of plant pathology, life cycles and symptoms of major pathogens, soil borne nursery diseases, control of major pathogens, life cycles and symptoms of major pests, prevention of diseases and pests, the basis of resistance and susceptibility in plants. Review of chemical, biological and bioenvironmental control methods. Recognition of diseases. Insect pests. Major groups of plant pathogens. Management of pests and pathogens. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have gained the ability to recognize diseased plants and be able to determine the cause of the disease. They will have gained knowledge of how pathogens infect plants and how this knowledge can be usedto minimize their effects, as well as laboratory skills in the examination of plant pathogen.. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Brown, J. F. and Ogle, H. J., 1997, 'Plant Pathogens and Plant Diseases', Rockvale Publications, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Attendance 5%. Assignment 15%. Practical Assignments 30%.Final Examination 50%. |
Field of Education: | 10900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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