CROP 423 — Plant Pathology
Agriculture · University of Ghana
Review of the major characteristics of the major pathogen groups; Introductory plant pathology, Development of disease in individual plants and plant population, plant disease triangle, disease cycle and relationship between disease cycle and epidermics in plants; pathogenic attack of plants-role of enzymes, toxins, growth regulators etc. in plant disease; effect of disease on plant metabolism; defence of plants against pathogens – the concept and basis of resistance; genetics of plant diseases, Diagnosis and assessment of plant disease. Some selected plant diseases and their control in Ghana – importance, symptomalogy, aetiology and control
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- AGEC 400 — Research Project
- AGEC 406 — Managerial and Business Economics
- AGEC 410 — Agrifood Business and Agroprocessing
- AGEC 411 — Agricultural Marketing & Price Analysis
- AGEC 413 — Agribusiness Management
- AGEC 415 — Quantitative Methods & Operations Research
- AGEC 417 — Management Accounting
- AGEC 418 — Fundamentals of Business Planning & Policy
- AGEC 419 — Market Research and Analysis
- AGEX 411 — Theoretical Foundations of Innovation in Development Work
- AGEX 412 — Management of Development Organisations
- AGEX 413 — Rural Livelihoods and Food Security
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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).