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Lectuter Dr Edgar Mowa |
Plant protection (PPN 601S) This course aims to provide students with knowledge and basic understanding of weeds, plant pests, diseases and disorders including methods of prevention and control including principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), pests control. Examples of current pest problems in different crops will be discussed. This lecture provides students with principles and best practices of crop protection, decision making process based on the ecosystem analysis, and selection of the technology that can be applied in the field. Lectures are divided into three main parts. First part discusses the definition and historical perpectives of plant protection and classification of harmful organisms; the second part deals with methods to recognize the type of pests and plant diseases, methods of observations in the field, and ecosystem analysis as the base for selecting technology; and the last part discusses the principle of Integrated Pest Management, and its implementation in different crops. By the end of this course, each student should be able to,
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- Lecturer: Dr Edgar Mowa