CROP 222 — Insect biology and Plant Microbes
Agriculture · University of Ghana
Insects as arthropods and their inter-relationship with other members of the phylum Arthropoda. Characteristics of insects, features of insects that have enhanced their success. Importance of insects to agriculture. Morphology of insects; Anatomy and physiology of organ systems. Locomotion in insects, and some aspects of insect behaviour. Entomological techniques. Classification of insects, with emphasis on the recognition of representation of all the insect orders. History of Microbiology: role of discovery and spontaneous generation of microbes and germ theory of diseases. Characteristics of plant microbes (fungi, bacteria, viruses, viroids, mollicutes, nematodes, algae and protozoa): morphology, structure and function, growth, reproduction, dispersal and classification of the microbes. Importance of plant microbes in agriculture: including soil fertility involving rhizobia, mycorrhiza and algae.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 200
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- AGEC 211 — Microeconomics (Principles and Applications to Households and Firms)
- AGEC 212 — Macroeconomics (Principles and Applications to Economy of Ghana)
- AGEN 201 — Agriculture Engineering II
- AGEX 204 — Vacation Rural Community Experience
- AGEX 206 — Approaches to Extension
- AGEX 211 — Food Safety and Quality Standards
- AGEX 213 — Rural Development and Participatory Methodologies
- AGEX 415 — NGO Development and Management
- AGRC 200 — Long Vacation Practicals
- AGRC 212 — Introductory Statistics
- ANIM 212 — Elements of Microbiology and Immunology
- ANIM 418 — Animal Health and Physiology
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).