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CROPS AND PLANT PATHOLOGY

Enrica DE FALCO CROPS AND PLANT PATHOLOGY

0712100037
DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
EQF6
HERBAL SCIENCE
2016/2017

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1COLTURE OFFICINALI MODULO DI COLTIVAZIONI E PATOLOGIA VEGETALE
540LESSONS
2PATOLOGIA VEGETALE MODULO DI COLTIVAZIONI E PATOLOGIA VEGETALE
540LESSONS
CARMINE MARCONE2 T Curriculum
ENRICA DE FALCO1 Curriculum
Objectives
THE COURSE ENABLES THE STUDENTS TO ACQUIRE THE COMPREHENSION AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AGRONOMY AND CROP TECHNIQUES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS; TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE ON AGRONOMY AND CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES TO THE PLANNING OF SUSTAINABLE MEDICINAL CROP SYSTEMS OF HIGH QUALITY..
ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE ON PLANT PATHOGENS AND THEIR MAJOR DISEASES AFFECTING MEDICINAL PLANTS, DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND CONTROL OF THE MENTIONED DISEASES BY USING ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY MEANS
Prerequisites
ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE IN PLANT BIOLOGY, AND BOTANY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IS REQUIRED.
Contents
MODULE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS
PEDOCLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND CROPS: EFFECTS OF THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF CLIMATE ON PLANTS GROWTH. THE AGRICULTURAL SOIL: PEDOGENESIS, CLASSIFICATION, PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS. WATER AND AIR IN THE SOIL. THE ROLE OF ORGANIC MATTER.
THE MODIFY OF CROP PRODUCTION: SOIL TILLAGE AND WATER ASSESSMENT, FERTILIZATION PRINCIPLES, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, WEEDS CONTROL. CROP MANAGEMENT: PLANTS PROPAGATION, HARVEST AND FIRST PLANTS PROCESSING, QUALITY OF PRODUCTION.
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT MEDICINAL PLANTS: SAGE, MINT, LAVENDER, ECHINACEA, CHAMOMILE, DILL, CORIANDER, FENNEL, MARIGOLD, LICORICE, CALIFORNIA POPPY, ALOE, STEVIA. THE DYEING PLANTS.

MODULE OF PLANT PATHOLOGY
PLANT PATHOLOGY: INTRODUCTION. THE CONCEPT OF PLANT DISEASE. TYPES OF PLANT DISEASES. ECONOMIC IMPACT, SYMPTOMS, AND DETECTION OF PLANT DISEASES. PARASITISM AND DISEASE DEVELOPMENT. EFFECTS OF PATHOGENS ON PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS. HOW PATHOGENS ATTACK PLANTS. HOW PLANTS DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST PATHOGENS. CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASES. CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGI, FUNGAL-LIKE ORGANISMS, PHYTOPLASMAS, PLANT BACTERIA, PLANT VIRUSES, VIROIDS, AND PARASITIC HIGHER PLANTS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE MAJOR DISEASES. HINTS ON NON-INFECTIOUS PLANT DISEASES.
Teaching Methods
CLASSROOM LECTURES AND LABORATORY EXERCISES.
Verification of learning
FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION.
Texts
MODULE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
F. BONCIARELLI, U. BONCIARELLI, AGRONOMIA, EDAGRICOLE, BOLOGNA, ISBN 88-206-3696-4, 1998.
V. MARZI, G. DE MASTRO. PIANTE OFFICINALI. COLTIVAZIONE, TRATTAMENTI DI POST-RACCOLTA, CONTENUTI IN PRINCIPI ATTIVI, IMPIEGHI IN VARI SETTORI INDUSTRIALI ED ERBORISTICI. MARIO ADDA EDITORE. ISBN 8889917318, 2008.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
L. GIARDINI. L'AGRONOMIA PER CONSERVARE IL FUTURO, PÀTRON EDITORE, 2012.
CATIZONE, MAROTTI, TODERI,TETENYI, PATRON EDITORE, COLTIVAZIONE DELLE PIANTE MEDICINALI ED AROMATICHE, 1990.
F.BASSO. PIANTE OFFICINALI, AROMATICHE E MEDICINALI. PITAGORA EDITRICE. ISBN 8837117329, 2009.
T.M.SMITH. ELEMENTI DI ECOLOGIA. PEARSON EDITORE. ISBN 9788871925547.

MODULE OF PLANT PATHOLOGY

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
AGRIOS G.N., PLANT PATHOLOGY (FIFTH EDITION). ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 2005.
BELLI G., ELEMENTI DI PATOLOGIA VEGETALE (SECONDA EDIZIONE). PICCIN, PADOVA, 2012.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
BELLARDI M.G., BERTACCINI A., MALATTIE DELLE PIANTE OFFICINALI – VIROSI E FITOPLASMOSI, EDIZIONI L’INFORMATORE AGRARIO, 2005.
MATTA A., FONDAMENTI DI PATOLOGIA VEGETALE. PATRON EDITORE, BOLOGNA, 2000.
More Information
FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COURSE CONTENT IS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING SITES HTTP://WWW3.UNISA.IT/DOCENTI/DEFALCO/INDEX AND HTTP://WWW.UNISA.IT/DOCENTI/CARMINEMARCONE/INDEX
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