Identification based on host, symptoms and micro-morphology, completed with life cycles and related control measures of the most important fungal diseases and their causal pathogens of annual and perennial crops with agricultural significance.
Learning objective
The students will learn and train preparation skills for microscopy, aquire knowledge of selected diseases (identification, biology of pathogen, epidemiology and systematics) and understand the corresponding integrated control measures practiced in Swiss agriculture.
Content
One exercise will be based on computer and ocular camera, also to prepare the students for the final e-exam.
Lecture notes
A script will be used on annual and perennial crops and their most important diseases. It will be updated stepwise
