207-102 Plant Health

202-103 Biology for Land and Food Resources.

The content includes:

• factors affecting the health of plants, impact of stress on plants and methods of diagnosis;

• the concept of plant disease nature and cause;

• understanding of the disease cycle, environmental factors influencing disease, the classification and recognition of plant disease causing organisms and plant affecting insects and related pests;

• identification of selected symptoms and signs of disease/pests affecting horticultural crops and plants in the urban environment; and

• selection of control measures for a range of pest and disease problems, integrated pest and disease management, plant quarantine and disease resistance management.

One 2-hour examination (50%), one practical examination - 2 hours (30%), one 2500-word assignment (20%).

• C J Alexopolous, C W Mims and M Blackwell, Introductory Mycology. 4th ed, John Wiley and Sons, 1996.