{"id":142,"date":"2024-02-25T20:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agriculture.upatras.gr\/en\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2025-09-23T15:30:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:30:34","slug":"7th-9th-semester-elective-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agriculture.upatras.gr\/en\/7th-9th-semester-elective-course\/","title":{"rendered":"7th & 9th Semester Elective Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\"el\"\/ el<\/a>\n\n\n
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AGRI_\u0395\u03a71 – Agricultural Nematology<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>
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Course Content<\/h2>\n
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Lectures<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. Introduction to the basics of nematology<\/li>\n
  2. Anatomy and Morphology of nematodes<\/li>\n
  3. Physiology and relationships of nematodes with biotic and abiotic factors<\/li>\n
  4. Root-knot Nematodes<\/li>\n
  5. Cyst nematodes<\/li>\n
  6. Root-rot nematodes<\/li>\n
  7. Stem and bulb nematodes<\/li>\n
  8. Nematodes of the aerial part of plants<\/li>\n
  9. Nematodes of ornamental plants and lawns<\/li>\n
  10. Nematodes of forest plant species<\/li>\n
  11. Entomopathogenic nematodes<\/li>\n
  12. Sampling and extraction of plant parasitic \/ entomopathogenic nematodes<\/li>\n
  13. Principles and methods of plant parasitic nematode management<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Field practice: Soil and plant tissue sampling<\/li>\n
    2. Methods for nematode extraction from soil and plant samples<\/li>\n
    3. Demonstration of identification methods (classical morphometry and molecular techniques)<\/li>\n
    4. Observation of nematodes of agricultural importance (cyst, root-knot nematodes, ectoparasitic species, entomopathogenic nematodes, etc.)<\/li>\n
    5. Methods of culturing entomopathogenic nematodes in the laboratory and demonstration of application for insect control.<\/li>\n
    6. Field practice: Demonstration of nematode management of harmful species of agricultural importance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      AGRI_\u0395\u03a72 – Plant Propagation<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>
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      Course Content<\/h2>\n
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      Lectures<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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      1. Introduction to plant propagation technology. Design and management of plant propagation facilities. Regulatory process to import plant propagation material from European Union and non-EU countries. Quality assurance and genetic ID of plant propagated material.<\/li>\n
      2. Seed formation and morphology. Development and formation of female and male gametophyte, fertilization, incompatibility, apomixis and seed maturity index.<\/li>\n
      3. Seed germination mechanism. Seed dormancy and seed viability. Applied techniques for seed dormancy and germination control.<\/li>\n
      4. Seed production for self-fertile and self-sterile plant species.<\/li>\n
      5. Quality assurance and seed certification. Genetic purity checks, germination and growth checks, varietal identification. Seed coating technology.<\/li>\n
      6. Layering and cutting plant propagation. Physiology and anatomy of adventitious roots; factors which affect root formation.<\/li>\n
      7. Techniques for layering and cutting plant propagation. Techniques using root growth regulators. Qualitative and genetic fidelity checks.<\/li>\n
      8. Plant grafting. Success factors, incompatibility, rootstocks, relations scion\/rootstock.<\/li>\n
      9. Plant grafting techniques. Budding and grafting.<\/li>\n
      10. Plant tissue culture. Facilities and technology requirements. Operational management, nutritive solutions, in\/out facility phytosanitary requirements and regimes.<\/li>\n
      11. Plant tissue culture. Processes, environmental control per stage, explants hardening.<\/li>\n
      12. Specialized techniques for plant tissue culture, micrografting.<\/li>\n
      13. Tuber and bulb upscale production. Physiology and mechanism of bulb \/ tuber formation.  Anatomical changes, factors affecting formation. Characterization of mature scaling, harvest and postharvest conditioning.  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        Laboratory exercises<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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        1. Breaking seed dormancy techniques<\/li>\n
        2. Seed quality control<\/li>\n
        3. Cutting plant propagation<\/li>\n
        4. Layering plant propagation<\/li>\n
        5. Plant budding and grafting<\/li>\n
        6. Plant tissue culture<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          AGRI_\u0395\u03a73 – Composting & Soil Organic Matter<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>
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          Course Content<\/h2>\n
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          Lectures<\/strong><\/h3>\n

          Introduction to soil organic matter (2 lectures):<\/strong><\/p>\n