FAPH 413 — Storage Pests and Diseases, Their Prevention and Control
Agriculture · University of Ghana
Identification of infestation and infection; Sources and causes of infestation and infection; Ecology of stored product insects, Life cycle of storage pests (arthropods, vertebrates and microorganisms); Monitoring techniques; Post-harvest diseases (nature, symptoms, causal agents, management); Factors influencing growth and development of storage pests and disease organisms; Isolation and preservation of storage pests and disease organisms; Mycotoxins (nature, causes, effects, prevention and control); food poisoning, food borne infections and toxicants; Prevention and control measures (physical, chemical, biological, attractants and repellents and other novel methods e.g. Integrated Animal and Crop Pest; Management - IACPM); Prevention of re-infestation and re-infection; Environmental hazards e.g. misapplication, misuse, disposal of agrochemicals
- 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).