About this Course
Course Description
This course will provide students with plant pathology principles and procedures to understand about diseases in plantation crops, characteristics of organisms that cause diseases, how diseases interact with hosts and the environment and also available methods for controlling or managing diseases in plantation crop such as oil palm, rubber and paddy. Students also will have opportunity to conduct experiments in the laboratory to improve practical skills and understanding about the Koch’s postulate procedures, disease diagnosis on fresh infected plant samples, antagonistic activity of pathogens and antagonists and other relevant practices that related to the disease management in plantation crops.
Course Learning Outcomes
1 ) Discuss common diseases of oil palm, rubber and rice and describe well about the available methods for managing and controlling the diseases
2 ) Interact cooperatively with group members about how to diagnose disease symptoms and signs in the fields and present their ideas on the available methods for managing the disease
3 ) Relate plant pathology concepts including fundamental ideas of what is disease, the causes of disease, how disease relates to environment and crops and how to manage diseases to the our current disease management in plantation
4 ) Communicate to peers and the facilitator verbally on the common diseases in plantation crops in Malaysia and the available control methods to manage the diseases
Course Details
STATUS : Open DURATION : FLEXIBLE EFFORT : 4 MODE : 100% Online COURSE LEVEL : Intermediate LANGUAGE : English CLUSTER : Science & Technology ( ST )
