{"id":104,"date":"2024-02-25T19:37:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T16:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agriculture.upatras.gr\/en\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2025-09-23T15:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:31:40","slug":"3st-semester-outlines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agriculture.upatras.gr\/en\/3st-semester-outlines\/","title":{"rendered":"3st Semester Outlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.upatras.gr\/\" title=\"el\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/agriculture.upatras.gr\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/multisite-language-switcher\/assets\/flags\/gr.png\" alt=\"el\"\/> el<\/a>\n\n\n<section id=\"gm0b4dc02\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m4 section-gm0b4dc02 gutentor-module gutentor-advanced-columns\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div id=\"col-gm462998\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m4-col col-gm462998 gutentor-single-column  grid-lg-10 grid-md-12 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gm462998\" class=\"section-gm462998 gutentor-col-wrap\">\n<section id=\"a518bc\" class=\"section-a518bc gutentor-module gutentor-module-accordion\"><div class=\"grid-container\">\n<div id=\"0206c1\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m6-item section-0206c1 gutentor-module gutentor-module-accordion-item\"><div class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel g-a-panel-a518bc\"><div class=\"gm-ah-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-item-heading gutentor-module-icon-position-right\"><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel-handler\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel-handler-label\"><strong>AGRI 301_Field Crops<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-icon\"><i class=\"gm-aio-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-icon-open fas fa-plus\"><\/i><i class=\"gm-aic-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-icon-close fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"gm-ab-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-body\">\n<section id=\"gm1dab6a8\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2 section-gm1dab6a8 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-columns\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div id=\"col-gm15b8d7\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gm15b8d7 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gm15b8d7\" class=\"section-gm15b8d7 gutentor-single-col\">\n<hr>\n<h2>Course Content<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong>Lectures<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Maize, Sorghum, Millet (Botanical description, ecological requirements, cultivation technique\u03c2)<\/li>\n<li>Rice: (Botanical description, ecological requirements, cultivation techniques)<\/li>\n<li>Beans: (Botanical description, ecological requirements, cultivation techniques)<\/li>\n<li>Lentil B(otanical description, ecological requirements, cultivation techniques)<\/li>\n<li>Pea &#8211; Chickpea (Botanical description, ecological requirements, cultivation techniques)<\/li>\n<li>Grass pea, soya bean ((Botanical description, ecological requirements, cultivation techniques)<\/li>\n<li>Alfalfa, Clover, Vetch (Botanical description, ecological requirements, cultivation techniques)<\/li>\n<li>Cotton (morphological characteristics, varieties, cultivation techniques, harvest, yield)<\/li>\n<li>Tabacco plant crop (morphological characteristics, varieties, cultivation techniques, harvest, yield)<\/li>\n<li>Sugar beet crop (morphological characteristics, varieties, cultivation techniques, harvest, yield)<\/li>\n<li>Sunfluer and common hop crops (morphological characteristics, varieties, cultivation techniques, harvest, yield)<\/li>\n<li>Hemp, Sesame and castor bean crops (morphological characteristics, varieties, cultivation techniques, harvest, yield)<\/li>\n<li>Tomato (morphological characteristics, varieties, cultivation techniques, harvest, yield)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong>Laboratory Exercises<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Biological index of large-scale crops<\/li>\n<li>Plant growth index<\/li>\n<li>Irrigation and fertilization programs (spring cereals, industrial and herbaceous crops)<\/li>\n<li>Seed identification<\/li>\n<li>Spring cereals planting systems<\/li>\n<li>Industrial crops planting systems<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/AGRI-301.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:7px;background-color:#084275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Detailed Course Outline<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-gmf4509a\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gmf4509a gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gmf4509a\" class=\"section-gmf4509a gutentor-single-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-gmd4a3df\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gmd4a3df gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gmd4a3df\" class=\"section-gmd4a3df gutentor-single-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"186501\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m6-item section-186501 gutentor-module gutentor-module-accordion-item\"><div class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel g-a-panel-a518bc\"><div class=\"gm-ah-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-item-heading gutentor-module-icon-position-right\"><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel-handler\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel-handler-label\"><strong>AGRI 302_Plant Physiology<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-icon\"><i class=\"gm-aio-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-icon-open fas fa-plus\"><\/i><i class=\"gm-aic-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-icon-close fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"gm-ab-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-body\">\n<section id=\"gm4b5f902\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2 section-gm4b5f902 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-columns\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div id=\"col-gm71cb96\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gm71cb96 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gm71cb96\" class=\"section-gm71cb96 gutentor-single-col\">\n<hr>\n<h2>Course Content<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong>Lectures<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>The effect of the photosynthetic organisms on earth evolution.<\/li>\n<li>Water and plant cells.<\/li>\n<li>Water balance of the plant.<\/li>\n<li>Stomata and transpiration.<\/li>\n<li>Mineral nutrition.<\/li>\n<li>Solute transport.<\/li>\n<li>Photosynthesis: the light reactions.<\/li>\n<li>Photosynthesis: the carbon reactions &#8211; C<sub>3<\/sub> cycle.<\/li>\n<li>Photosynthesis: C<sub>4 <\/sub>cycle and Crassulacean acid metabolism.<\/li>\n<li>Ecological considerations on photosynthesis.<\/li>\n<li>Secondary metabolites.<\/li>\n<li>Plant defense.<\/li>\n<li>Growth and development &#8211; embryogenesis.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong>Laboratory exercises<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Seed germination and the effect of light on the growth of the seedlings.<\/li>\n<li>The effect of light on the stomata opening and closure.<\/li>\n<li>Quantitative determination of photosynthetic pigments.<\/li>\n<li>Qualitative separation of photosynthetic pigments.<\/li>\n<li>Plant cell plasmolysis.<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Plant photosynthesis and transpiration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/AGRI-302.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:7px;background-color:#084275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Detailed Course Outline<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-gm6bd3b0\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gm6bd3b0 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gm6bd3b0\" class=\"section-gm6bd3b0 gutentor-single-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-gm0ff838\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gm0ff838 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gm0ff838\" class=\"section-gm0ff838 gutentor-single-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"60dd5e\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m6-item section-60dd5e gutentor-module gutentor-module-accordion-item\"><div class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel g-a-panel-a518bc\"><div class=\"gm-ah-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-item-heading gutentor-module-icon-position-right\"><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel-handler\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel-handler-label\"><strong>AGRI 303_Agricultural and Greenhouse Constructions<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-icon\"><i class=\"gm-aio-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-icon-open fas fa-plus\"><\/i><i class=\"gm-aic-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-icon-close fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"gm-ab-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-body\">\n<section id=\"gm4be6fd0\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2 section-gm4be6fd0 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-columns\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div id=\"col-gm0c7a85\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gm0c7a85 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gm0c7a85\" class=\"section-gm0c7a85 gutentor-single-col\">\n<hr>\n<h2>Course Content<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong>Lectures<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Introduction (historical overview, statistics, greenhouse types, greenhouse crops)<\/li>\n<li>Radiation (Solar\/Thermal radiation, solar spectrum, solar radiation intensity, calculation of incident solar radiation)<\/li>\n<li>Microclimate \u2013 Solar Radiation (Lighting), Temperature, Humidity<\/li>\n<li>Physical and dynamic Ventilation. Systems \u2013 Equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Heating (systems, equipment). Infrared radiation &amp; heating. Systems \u2013 Equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Cooling &#8211; Cooling, Relative humidity control. Systems \u2013 Equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Energy balance of greenhouses<\/li>\n<li>Artificial lighting, CO<sub>2<\/sub> enrichment, Disinfection. Systems \u2013 Equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Digital Transformation. Automatic Control Systems &amp; Decision Support Systems. Cutting-edge Technologies<\/li>\n<li>Networks and Their Contribution to Rural Economy<\/li>\n<li>Automatic Meteo Stations. Sensors, Dataloggers, and processing of experimental micro- and macro-climate data of the area of greenhouse systems. Operation of networks receiving data from the AMS.<\/li>\n<li>Warehouses for agricultural products (General Warehouses &#8211; grass Warehouses -fruit Warehouses \u2013 Potato warehouses- Silos &#8211; Warehouses of Fresh Vegetables &#8211; Dryers)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong>Laboratory Exercises<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Design of greenhouse construction (greenhouse design criteria, types of greenhouses and structural features, impact on microclimate, functionality, cost, support of covering materials, foundation, drainage, winding, siting)<\/li>\n<li>Greenhouse coverage materials &#8211; glass panes (generally for glass, glass panes, glazing types, glazing properties and behavior of glass panes as glasshouse cover materials)<\/li>\n<li>Plastics (generally polymer and plastic, flexible plastic sheets and hard plastic surfaces, characteristics, properties and behavior of selected stiff and flexible plastic sheets, effect of additives on polyethylene sheets, coating materials with selected light transmittance)<\/li>\n<li>Construction materials (General wood, structural wood as greenhouse material, characteristic properties and behavior of wooden greenhouses, protection.) General aluminum and steel, aluminum and steel as greenhouse materials, characteristic properties and behavior of aluminum greenhouses and steel, protection)<\/li>\n<li>Calculation of energy losses and Thermal Needs of Greenhouses and Agricultural Units. Greenhouse Energy Balance<\/li>\n<li>Statistical processing of micrometeorological parameters with a computational program. Analysis of meteorological data to determine the climate of the area of greenhouse systems.<\/li>\n<li>Field trips.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/AGRI-303.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:7px;background-color:#084275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Detailed Course Outline<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-gmc65a37\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gmc65a37 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gmc65a37\" class=\"section-gmc65a37 gutentor-single-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-gma976df\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gma976df gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gma976df\" class=\"section-gma976df gutentor-single-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"854077\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m6-item section-854077 gutentor-module gutentor-module-accordion-item\"><div class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel g-a-panel-a518bc\"><div class=\"gm-ah-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-item-heading gutentor-module-icon-position-right\"><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel-handler\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel-handler-label\"><strong>AGRI 304_General Floriculture<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-icon\"><i class=\"gm-aio-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-icon-open fas fa-plus\"><\/i><i class=\"gm-aic-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-icon-close fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"gm-ab-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-body\">\n<section id=\"gmd6e1dac\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2 section-gmd6e1dac gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-columns\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div id=\"col-gmf5f388\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gmf5f388 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gmf5f388\" class=\"section-gmf5f388 gutentor-single-col\">\n<hr>\n<h2>Course Content<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong>Lectures<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Botanical classification of ornamental plants.<\/li>\n<li>The genetic basis of diversity in ornamental plants. Natural selection. Human-driven selection.<\/li>\n<li>Categorization of flowering plants into annual herbs, perennial herbs, geophytes, shrubs, trees, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Morphology and development of ornamental plants. Flowering control<\/li>\n<li>Effect of environmental factors on their development and physiology.<\/li>\n<li>Organic and inorganic substrates<\/li>\n<li>Cropping systems for ornamental plants.<\/li>\n<li>Plant propagation and grafting.<\/li>\n<li>Use of phytoregulatory compounds \u2013 phytohormones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong>Laboratory Exercises<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Greenhouse cultivation,<\/li>\n<li>substrates, preparation of mixtures<\/li>\n<li>planting and seed development in crates and pots, planting bulbs.<\/li>\n<li>Seedling development and cultivation<\/li>\n<li>Seedling transplants<\/li>\n<li>Grafting and asexual propagation of plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/AGRI-304.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:7px;background-color:#006356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Detailed Course Outline<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-gm2c76aa\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gm2c76aa gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gm2c76aa\" class=\"section-gm2c76aa gutentor-single-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-gm73f691\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gm73f691 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gm73f691\" class=\"section-gm73f691 gutentor-single-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"cdd99b\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m6-item section-cdd99b gutentor-module gutentor-module-accordion-item\"><div class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel g-a-panel-a518bc\"><div class=\"gm-ah-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-item-heading gutentor-module-icon-position-right\"><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel-handler\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel-handler-label\"><strong>AGRI 305_General Pomology<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-icon\"><i class=\"gm-aio-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-icon-open fas fa-plus\"><\/i><i class=\"gm-aic-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-icon-close fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"gm-ab-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-body\">\n<section id=\"gm34413b8\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2 section-gm34413b8 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-columns\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div id=\"col-gm6aca7e\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gm6aca7e gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gm6aca7e\" class=\"section-gm6aca7e gutentor-single-col\">\n<hr>\n<h2>Course Content<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong>Lectures<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Introduction \u2013 Basic elements pomological science (importance of fruit trees at national and global level, origin of fruit tree species and taxonomical species characteristics)<\/li>\n<li>Fruit tree parts and their fundamental functions.<\/li>\n<li>Ecology and environment of fruit trees. Frost and frost protection of fruit trees.<\/li>\n<li>Juvenile characteristics, alternative bearing and commercial life span of fruit trees.<\/li>\n<li>Bud dormancy of fruit trees.<\/li>\n<li>Pollination, flower fertilization, fruit set, development and growth of fruits, fruit thinning.<\/li>\n<li>Maturity scale and harvest of tree fruits. Postharvest conditions and applications for tree fruits and storage principles. Plant hormones, applications and regulatory pathways in fruit trees.<\/li>\n<li>Cultivational practices of fruit trees related to water management.<\/li>\n<li>Cultivational practices of fruit trees related to tree nutrition and fertilization.<\/li>\n<li>Pruning and tree formation systems.<\/li>\n<li>Fruit trees propagation.<\/li>\n<li>Grafting\/budding fruit trees.<\/li>\n<li>Rootstocks of fruit trees.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong>Laboratory exercises<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Identification of most important fruit trees at local, national and global level.<\/li>\n<li>Planning and establishment of tree orchard.<\/li>\n<li>Differences of fruit tree growth among species.<\/li>\n<li>Fruit bearing (fruit buds, morphological \/ physiological changes).<\/li>\n<li>Pruning and training fruit trees.<\/li>\n<li>Fruit trees propagation techniques.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/AGRI-305.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:7px;background-color:#006356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Detailed Course Outline<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-gmd1a61c\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gmd1a61c gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gmd1a61c\" class=\"section-gmd1a61c gutentor-single-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"col-gm012714\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gm012714 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gm012714\" class=\"section-gm012714 gutentor-single-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"f614ed\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m6-item section-f614ed gutentor-module gutentor-module-accordion-item\"><div class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel g-a-panel-a518bc\"><div class=\"gm-ah-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-item-heading gutentor-module-icon-position-right\"><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel-handler\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-panel-handler-label\"><strong>AGRI 306_Basics of Plant Pathology<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"gutentor-module-accordion-icon\"><i class=\"gm-aio-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-icon-open fas fa-plus\"><\/i><i class=\"gm-aic-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-icon-close fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"gm-ab-a518bc gutentor-module-accordion-body\">\n<section id=\"gmb91513e\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2 section-gmb91513e gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-columns\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-row\">\n<div id=\"col-gm3f0df6\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-m2-col col-gm3f0df6 gutentor-module gutentor-dynamic-single-column grid-lg-12 grid-md-4 grid-12\"><div id=\"section-gm3f0df6\" class=\"section-gm3f0df6 gutentor-single-col\">\n<hr>\n<h2>Course Content<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong>Lectures<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Purpose, significance and history of Plant Pathology. Concept of Disease<\/li>\n<li>Disease Symptoms<\/li>\n<li>Disease Signs<\/li>\n<li>Basics of Plant Fungal Ddiseases: Morphology, Reproduction, Classification, most important plant pathogenic genera and species of True Fungi and Oomycetes.<\/li>\n<li>Basics of Plant Bacterial Diseases: Morphology, Reproduction, Classification, most important genera and species of Bacteria. Bacterial Survival &amp; Dispersion. Most common symptoms of plant bacteriological diseases. Bacterial pathogenesis and control strategies<\/li>\n<li>Basics of phytoplasma and spiroplasma diseases<\/li>\n<li>Basics of Plant Virology: Virus Morphology, Multiplication in host cells, Reproduction, classification, most important plant pathogenic viruses, symptoms of plant viral diseases, virus transmission, identification and control strategies. Basic knowledge about viroids.<\/li>\n<li>Plant diseases caused by parasitic higher plants, invasive climbing plants and parasitic green algae. Non-parasitic plant diseases. Extreme temperatures. Nutrient deficits and toxicities. Phytotoxic pollutants in the atmosphere.<\/li>\n<li>Mechanisms of Pathogenesis<\/li>\n<li>Plant defense and The Immune System of Plants<\/li>\n<li>The Quartet of Plant Diseases.<\/li>\n<li>Principles and Methods of Diagnosis of Plant Diseases<\/li>\n<li>Principles and Methods of Plant Disease control<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr>\n<h3><strong>Laboratory exercises<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Health and safety rules in the laboratory. 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