BIO 432

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Course No.

Course Title

No. of Units

Pre-requisites

Th.

Pr.

Credit

 

Bio 432

Plant Pathology

2

3

3

Bio  332

 

Objectives of the course :

          To introduce the student to plant pathology which is the study of disease in plants and this implies the growth, appearance and behavior .

Course Description :

          Pam ping off and seedling blights, root and foot rots, wilts, powdery mildews, powdery mildews, rusts, smut, blights, anthracnose, leaf spots, leaf curl witches' broom, club root, galls, canker and scab, mosaics and yellows, post-harvest diseases, diseases control .

Main text books :

-         Campbell, C.L. & Madden, L.V. (1990). An introduction to plant diseases, John Willey & Sons. London .

 

Subsidiary books :

-         Principles of plant pathology, S.A.J. Tarr .

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