Credit hours
In-class work per week |
Practice per week |
Credits |
Duration |
Total |
3 |
1 |
8 |
15 weeks |
120 hours |
Instructor
Lilian Amorim
Objective
Convey to students the main principles and concepts of plant pathology.
Content
History and importance of plant diseases, basic concepts of plant pathology, cycles of plant diseases, plant diseases classification, introduction to the physiology of parasitism, introduction to epidemiology, principles and methods of control of plant diseases.
Bibliography
Amorim, L., Rezende, J.A.M., Bergamin Filho, A. Manual de Fitooatologia. v. 1, 5ª ed. São Paulo, Ceres, 2018.
Lucas, J.A. Plant Pathology and Plant Pathogens. 2a ed. Oxford, Blacklwell, 2020.
Agrios, G.N. Plant Payhology. 5ª. ed, Burlington, Elsevier, 2005
Trigiano, R.N.; Windham, M.T.; Windham, A.S. Plant Pathology. Concepts and Laboratory Exercises. Boca Raton, CRC. 2004.
Artigos das revistas Plant Disease, Plant Pathology, Phytopathology, Annual Review of Phytopathology, Tropical Plant Pathology.