Course detail

LFT5840 - Epidemiology and Control


Credit hours

In-class work
per week
Practice
per week
Credits
Duration
Total
3
2
8
15 weeks
120 hours

Instructor
Armando Bergamin Filho
Renato Beozzo Bassanezi

Objective
Provide students with the conceptualization of epidemiology of plant diseases with emphasis on temporal
and spatial analysis for control purposes.

Content
Concepts and objectives of epidemiology; the use of computer technology in epidemiology; curves of
disease progress; systems: epidemiology as an integrated management system of diseases and pests;
spatial analysis of epidemics: host, pathogen, environment and disease; phytopathometry and
resistance; plant pathology and tropical epidemiology: tropical phytopathosystems; simulation and
prediction of disease; damage and loss; control: different IPM techniques – basic concepts; seminars.

Bibliography
Campbell, C.L.; Madden, L.V. Introduction to Plant Disease Epidemiology. 1990. New York, John Wiley.
Madden, L.V; Hughes, G.; van de Bosch, F. 2007. The Study of Plant Disease Epidemics. APS Press.
Amorim, L., Rezende, J.A.M., Bergamin Filho, A. Manual de Fitooatologia. v. 1, 5ª ed. São Paulo, Ceres,
2018
Bergamin Filho, A.; Amorim, L. Doenças de Plantas Tropicais: Epidemiologia e Controle Econômico.
1996. São Paulo, Ceres.
Jones, D.G. The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases. 1998. Dordrecht, Kluwer.
Kranz, J. Comparative Epidemiology of Plant Diseases. 2003. Berlin, Springer.
Vale, F.X.R; Jesus Jr., W.C.; Zambolim, L. Epidemiologia Aplicada ao Manejo de Doenças de Plantas. 2004. Belo Horizonte, Perffil.
Reis, E.M. Previsão de Doenças de Plantas. 2004. UPF Editora, Passo Fundo.