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Course description

This course is all about identifying, examining and controlling the various microbes that cause plant diseases and which threaten Australian agriculture and native flora and also an understanding of the causes of abiotic disorders. The aim of this course it to provide students with: knowledge in the life cycles of the major groups of plant pathogens; this includes plant pathogens that are fungi, nematodes, viruses and nematodes; Knowledge of abiotic factors that can cause disorders in plant growth; skills in plant disease diagnoses (describing symptoms and identifying the causal agent); knowledge on how to control plant diseases whether through genetic, chemical or by biological control methods; knowledge of the major plant diseases affecting Australian crops and native flora; the ability to recognise the relevance of quarantine regulations in attempts to control incursions of plant diseases.

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