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Plant Diseases (3 cr)

Code: NM13VP07-3002

General information


Enrollment

03.12.2022 - 01.01.2023

Timing

02.01.2023 - 24.02.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Teachers

  • Paul Riesinger

Teacher in charge

Paul Riesinger

Groups

  • BE20DA-E
    Agrolog (YH), h20, Bioekonomi, dagstudier
  • BE19DA-EK
    Agrolog (YH), Bioekonomi h19

Objective

The student
- can identify plant diseases that occur in field crop cultivation in Finland and knows their life cycles and methods of dissemination
- can take preventive measures and assess the threshold for regulatory measures
- can plan and carry out direct plant protection measures
- understands and can use growth regulating preparations

Content

Plant diseases in Finland
Quarantine pests
Life cycles and distribution methods
Preventive plant protection
Determination of regulatory requirements
Mechanisms of fungicides
Direct plant protection measures (strategies)
Growth control and growth regulators

Sustainable development in agriculture (bioeconomy) is an essential part of the course

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

No previous knowledge required