302444 (v.2) Plant Protection 501

Area:

Department of Environmental Biology

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

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.

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..

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

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.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Attendance 5%. Assignment 15%. Practical Assignments 30%.Final Examination 50%.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y