SCHOOL

OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

ACADEMIC UNIT

AGRICULTURE

LEVEL OF STUDIES

UNDERGRADUATE

COURSE CODE

PLP0706

SEMESTER

7

COURSE TITLE

 DISEASES OF FIELD CROPS
INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES WEEKLY TEACHING
HOURS 		CREDITS
Lectures 2
Lab / Op. Exercises 2
Exercises 0

TOTAL HOURS

 4 5
COURSE TYPE Specialized general knowledge
PREREQUISITE COURSES
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS Greek
IS THE COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS Yes

COURSE WEBSITE (URL)

2. LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Identify the most important fungal, bacterial and virus diseases infesting field crops (small grain cereals, winter-spring legumes, rice, cotton, sugar beets, oilseed rape, sunflowers, tobacco, potato)
2. Identify the symptoms and know the damages they cause and their economic impact to affected crop plants.
2. Learn the life cycles, biology and ecology of plant pathogens, and also conditions conductive for their population increase resulting in serious infestations to crops.
4. Know the strategies (chemical, biological, integrated) implemented for their effective management.

General Competences

• Acquire significant theoretical and technical background concerning the field of diseases (fungal, bacterial viral) infecting field crop plants in the Science of Agriculture.
• Creatively utilize scientific knowledge and modern technology for effective protection of field crop plants against important plant pathogens (fungal, bacterial viral).
• Develop necessary background knowledge to be able to attend postgraduate studies.
• Be acquainted with the proper application of the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired during their under graduate studies.

3. SYLLABUS

In detail, the sections (lecture topics) that will be presented in the course are:

1. Diseases of small winter cereals
2. Diseases of winter and spring legumes
3. Diseases of corn
4. Diseases of rice
5. Diseases of tobacco
6. Diseases of potato
7. Diseases of cotton
8. Diseases of sunflowers
9. Diseases of oilseed rape
10. Diseases of sugar beets
11. Diseases of asparagus

4. TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION

DELIVERY
 		Face-to-face teaching (lectures and laboratory practice)
USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
 		Use of ICT in teaching, in laboratory education and in communication with students

TEACHING METHODS
Activity Semester Workload
Lectures 36
Laboratory practice 36
Study and analysis of bibliography 18
Interactive teaching 45
Course total (25 hours of workload per credit uni 135
STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION • For the theoretical part of the course:
Final written or oral examination (60%) in the middle and at the end of the semester (in the middle of semester the written exam is optional)
The written final examination of the theory includes:
a) Multiple choice questionnaires
b) Short-answer questions
c) Comparative evaluation of theory.

• For the laboratory practice:
Written or oral examination at the end of the semester (40%). The laboratory test includes:
a) Multiple choice questionnaires
b) Short-answer questions
c) Problem solving

5. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

-Suggested bibliography :
Γεωργόπουλος, Σ.Γ., Ζιώγας, Β.Ν. (1992). ‘Αρχές και Μέθοδοι Καταπολέμησης των Ασθενειών των Φυτών’ Αθήνα 1992.
Γραβάνης, Φ.Θ. (2018). ‘Ειδική Φυτοπαθολογία Νοσολογία Καλλιεργούμενων Φυτών’ Εκδόσεις C CITY PUBLISH, Θεσσαλονίκη [ISBN 978-960-9551-39-7]
Θανασουλόπουλος, Κ. (2003). ‘Μυκητολογικές Ασθένειες Φυτών Μεγάλης Καλλιέργειας’ Εκδόσεις Ζήτη, Αθήνα [ISBN 960-431-326-6].
Κατής, Ν., Αυγελής Α. (1997). ‘Ιολογικές Ασθένειες Φυτών Μεγάλης Καλλιέργειας’ Εκδόσεις ΑγροΤύπος, Αθήνα [ISBN 960-7667-03-4]
Τζάμος, Ε.Κ. (2007). ‘Φυτοπαθολογία’ Εκδόσεις Σταμούλη, Αθήνα 2004 [ISBN 960-351-536-1].
-Related academic journals:
International Journal of Phytopathology https://escijournals.net/index.php/phytopath
Journal of Phytopathology https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14390434
Phytopathology https://www.apsnet.org/publications/phytopathology/Pages/default.aspx