ADVANCED CROP PROTECTION

1. Explain pest management and population dynamics
2. Identify pest damage status and thresholds
3. Understand disease pyramid influence
4. Deploy pest exclusion, eradication, resistance, and prevention
5. Understand Integrated Pest Management

13 weeks, about 88 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Quarantine Regulations and Phyto-Sanitary Measures

   • Unit 1: Introduction · 4 hours

     Understand the importance of plant quarantine and its role in preventing the spread of pests and diseases.. Identify different plant quarantine methods and their applications..

   • Unit 2: Pest detection techniques · 3 hours

     Learn various pest detection techniques used in plant quarantine.. Distinguish between generalized and specialized tests for pest detection..

2. Week 2Module 1: Quarantine Regulations and Phyto-Sanitary Measures

   • Unit 3: Decontamination Procedures for infested/infected material · 4 hours

     Understand decontamination procedures for infested/infected material.. Explore fumigation, heat treatment, and chemical treatments for pest eradication..

   • Unit 4: International/regional cooperation · 3 hours

     Examine the importance of international and regional cooperation in plant quarantine.. Discuss the role of plant quarantine stations and seed health testing laboratories..

3. Week 3Module 1: Quarantine Regulations and Phyto-Sanitary Measures

   • Unit 5: Summary/General considerations · 4 hours

     Review key concepts from Module 1.. Consider general considerations for plant quarantine..

4. Week 4Module 2: Fundamentals of Plant Resistance to Diseases

   • Unit 1: Introduction · 4 hours

     Understand the concept of plant resistance to diseases.. Differentiate between avoidance, resistance, and tolerance in plants..

   • Unit 2: Resistance in Plants · 3 hours

     Explore different types of resistance in plants, including vertical and horizontal resistance.. Understand the mechanisms of action of multilines..

5. Week 5Module 2: Fundamentals of Plant Resistance to Diseases

   • Unit 3: Breeding of resistant varieties · 7 hours

     Learn about breeding of resistant varieties.. Examine mass selection, pure line selection, and pedigree selection methods..

6. Week 6Module 3: Principles and Methods of Disease Management

   • Unit 1: Fundamental principles of disease management · 7 hours

     Understand the fundamental principles of disease management.. Explore avoidance, exclusion, eradication, protection, immunization, and therapy..

7. Week 7Module 3: Principles and Methods of Disease Management

   • Unit 2: Physical Agents Used For Disease Control · 4 hours

     Examine physical agents used for disease control.. Discuss soil sterilization, solarization, and hot water treatment..

   • Unit 3: Host Eradication · 3 hours

     Learn about host eradication methods.. Explore crop rotation, fallowing, and sanitation practices..

8. Week 8Module 3: Principles and Methods of Disease Management

   • Unit 4: Practices for Creating Conditions Unfavourable to the Pathogen · 4 hours

     Understand practices for creating conditions unfavorable to the pathogen.. Explore polyethylene traps, mulches, and pathogen-free seed..

   • Unit 5: Biological Control · 3 hours

     Examine biological control methods.. Discuss suppressive soils, antagonistic microorganisms, and resistant varieties..

9. Week 9Module 3: Principles and Methods of Disease Management

   • Unit 6: Integrated Disease Management · 7 hours

     Learn about integrated disease management (IDM).. Explore different approaches and components of IDM..

10. Week 10Module 4: Pesticides and Their Application in the Control of Field and Storage Pests, Diseases and Weeds

    • Unit 1: Classification of Chemical Pesticides · 7 hours

      Classify chemical pesticides based on chemical structure.. Discuss organochlorines, organophosphates, carbamates, and pyrethroids..

11. Week 11Module 4: Pesticides and Their Application in the Control of Field and Storage Pests, Diseases and Weeds

    • Unit 2: Methods of Applications of Fungicides · 4 hours

      Explore methods of applying fungicides.. Discuss spraying, dusting, soil treatment, and seed treatment techniques..

    • Unit 3: Classification of Plant Protection Equipment · 3 hours

      Classify plant protection equipment.. Examine sprayers, dusters, and granule applicators..

12. Week 12Module 4: Pesticides and Their Application in the Control of Field and Storage Pests, Diseases and Weeds

    • Unit 4: Spray Nozzles and Their Classification · 4 hours

      Classify spray nozzles and their types.. Discuss hydraulic energy nozzles, gaseous energy nozzles, and centrifugal energy nozzles..

    • Unit 5: Spraying Technique I (High Volume Spraying) · 3 hours

      Learn about spraying techniques, including high volume, low volume, and ultra-low volume spraying.. Discuss electrostatic spraying..

13. Week 13Module 4: Pesticides and Their Application in the Control of Field and Storage Pests, Diseases and Weeds

    • Unit 9: Dusters and Dust Applications · 3 hours

      Examine dusters and dust applications.. Discuss manually operated and power dusters..

    • Unit 10: Calibration of Sprayer · 4 hours

      Understand the importance of calibration of sprayers.. Review worked examples for sprayer calibration..