| Module code | PLG 463 |
| Qualification | Undergraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
| Module content | Understanding of how plant disease epidemics occur in nature and how they can be monitored and analysed. In-depth knowledge how of plant diseases cause crop losses, how these losses are quantified, and how losses are predicted. Examples of how epidemiology is used to set the strategy of plant disease control. Use of some statistical procedures for quantifying and comparing epidemics. |
| Module credits | 18.00 |
| Programmes | |
| Prerequisites | PLG 251, PLG 262 and PLG 363 |
| Contact time | 2 lectures per week, 1 practical per week |
| Language of tuition | English |
| Academic organisation | Microbiology and Plant Path |
| Period of presentation | Semester 2 |
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