Crop Protection |
Code
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15190 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Module: |
Code
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15190-1 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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6
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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AGR/11
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Contact Hours
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48
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Module:
(objectives)
- Ability to recognise the important plant diseases. - Knowledge of the biology of phytopathogenic agents (bacteria, fungi, viruses). - Understanding of host-pathogen interactions: strategies of attack by plant pathogens and defense mechanisms of plants, their susceptibility, resistance, pathogenicity and virulence and their infectious process. - Knowledge of the epidemiological aspects and the influence of environmental factors on the outbreak and spread of the disease. - Preliminary knowledge of the main epidemic predictive models. - Knowledge of the plant diseases control (prevention and treatment) by chemical and organic pesticides, and by the use of innovative technologies (GIS, GPS, Drones).
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Code
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15190-2 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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6
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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AGR/12
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Contact Hours
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48
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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BALESTRA Giorgio mariano
(syllabus)
Microbiology: bacteria, fungi, viruses. Plant resistance. Principal symptoms, control methods (fungicides, copper salts, agronomic techniques), case studies.
(reference books)
Patologia vegetale, Piccin Slides from the teacher
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
At a distance
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
A project evaluation
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