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Phytopathology [ LBRPP2103 ]


5.0 crédits ECTS  30.0 h + 22.5 h   1q 

Teacher(s) Legrève Anne (coordinator) ; Bragard Claude ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
Online resources

Syllabus and/or slides available on icampus, web site

Prerequisites

LBIRA2106

Main themes

Study of plant diseases, host-parasite interaction and appropriate methods of crop protection.

Viral diseases: description of typical viroids and viruses, thorough studies of viral diseases selected based on their modes of transmission. Bacterial diseases: study of large groups of plant bacterial diseases and their life cycle, epidemiology and control methods. Fungal diseases: description of major diseases caused by protists, chromista, ascomycetes, deuteromycetes and basidiomycetes, their life cycle and methods of crop protection

Aims

a. Contribution of the activity to the LO (LO from the program)

1.1 to 1.5 ; 2.1 to 2.4 ; 3.1 to 3.9 ; 4.1 to 4.7 6.1 to 6.5 ; 7.1 to 7.4 ; 8.1 to 8.6

b. LO from the program specific to this activity

By the end of the coursus, the student will be able to:

-       identify plant pathogens detailed in the course

-       explain the epidemiology of major diseases, the life cycle of the causative agents

-       develop appropriate control strategy

-       explain and apply the Koch's postulate for a given pathogen

- gather and synthetize information on a disease, a pest or a method of disease control.

Evaluation methods

Written exam during the examination period, reports and exam on the practical works

Teaching methods

Lectures and practical works

Bibliography

Syllabus and/or slides available on icampus, web site. The course is supported, among others, by the handbook "Plant Pathology (5th ed)" (GN Agrios)

Other information

The course can be taken in three different ways, either the full course (LBRPP2103, 5 credits) with theoretical and practical parts, only the lectures without practical work (LBRPP2103A-part A, 3 credits), or only the part of the academic program regarding forest pathology (LBRPP2103B part B, 2 credits).

Cycle et année
d'étude
> Master [120] in Agricultural Bioengineering
Faculty or entity
in charge
> AGRO


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