PLANT PESTS AND PATHOGENS
AGR2PPP
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject explores the current frontiers of research and development of a range of commercially relevant plant pests and diseases. You will learn the underpinning theory about disease and pest identification using a mix of traditional and modern identification techniques. Techniques to assess plant damage will be taught and practiced. Interactions between the host and the pest or pathogen will be explored. Best practice sustainable control measures that involve integrating information on ecological principles, life and disease cycles and the influences of environmental conditions will be studied, as well as integrated management techniques themselves. This subject will enable you to specialize in areas of particular commercial interest, for example crops, pastures, wine-grapes or turf.
School: Life Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Kim Plummer
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: AGR2IPM
Equivalent subjects: AGR2IPM
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Controlling Invertebrate Pests in Agriculture
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Page, J & Horne, P
Year: 2012
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: CSIRO publishing, Collingwood.
ISBN: N/A
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Chapter/issue: N/A
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Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Three years monitoring survey of pesticide residues in Sardinia wines following integrated pest management strategies
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Alberto, A & Fabrizio, D
Year: 2013
Edition/Volume: vol. 185, no. 5 pp. 4281-4289
Publisher: Environmental Monitoring & Assessment
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
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Other description: N/A
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Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Radcliffe, EB, Hutchison, WD & Cancellado RE
Year: 2019
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: https://ipmworld.umn.edu/
Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Essential Plant Pathology
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Schumann GL and D#Arcy CJ
Year: 2010
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: The American Phytopathological Society, U.S.A
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Integrated Pest Management for Crops and Pastures
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Horne, P & Page, J
Year: 2008
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: CSIRO publishing, Collingwood
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Integrated pest management concepts, tactics, strategies
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Radcliffe, E, Hutchison, W & Cancelado, R
Year: N/A
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, UK
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
Epping (Melbourne Polytechnic), 2020, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Kim Plummer
Class requirements
Laboratory ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours laboratory class per study period on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
All majors. 18 hours total
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
All majors
WorkShopWeek: 31 - 43
Four 2.00 hours workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Agronomy/pasture
WorkShopWeek: 31 - 43
Four 3.00 hours workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Turf
WorkShopWeek: 31 - 43
Five 3.00 hours workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
All majors
WorkShopWeek: 31 - 43
Four 3.00 hours workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Viticulture
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Disease management program (1,000-words) | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO5 |
Pest management program (1,000-words) | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO5, SILO6, SILO7 |
Practical Assessments x 5 (Each 100 words- total equivalent to 500- words)Practical assessment is based on the 3-day laboratory workshop on plant pathology. | N/A | N/A | No | 10 | SILO1, SILO2 |
Written Exam (2 hours - 2,000- words equivalent)Closed book written examination | N/A | N/A | No | 40 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |