PLANT PROTECTION BHT207

Extend your knowledge and increase your job prospects in pest and disease control

A detailed plant protection course for horticulturists, technicians and also for enthusiastic gardeners.

Understanding the life cycles of insects and weeds and learning how to identify them is important in the protect of plants from disease and insect and the spread of weed species.

In this course you learn how to identify diseases, insects and weeds, understand their life-cycles and select and use appropriate treatments. Control techniques are covered in detail using chemical and biological solutions along with safety procedures and practices.

 

COURSE STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS

1. Introduction - scientific names, terms, diagnosing problems

2. Control Techniques - biological and chemical techniques, alternative methods

3. Chemicals - characteristics of chemicals

4. Identifying Diseases - symptoms, fungi and viruses and other pathogens

5. Disease Control - life cycle of fungi

6. Insect Classification - biology and insect classification

7. Insect Control - how to control pests

8. Non Insect Pests - nematodes, snails, centipedes, etc.

9. Chemical Weed Control - weed identification

10. Non -chemical Weed Control - natural control methods

 

Duration: 100 hours

 

Aims

  • Identify the broad category which a plant health problem belongs to.
  • Explain a range of methods for controlling plant problems.
  • Select appropriate chemical pesticides for different problems.
  • Identify the symptoms of different plant diseases, including most common and some uncommon problems, in your locality.
  • Develop procedures to control specific plant diseases.
  • Identify different insects, including significant taxonomic orders, common pest species, and some less common pest species
  • Determine appropriate methods to control different types of insects.
  • Identify different non-insect pests found in the learner's locality.
  • Determine appropriate control methods for different non-insect pests.
  • Identify different non-insect pests found in the learner's locality.
  • Determine appropriate control methods for different non-insect pests.
  • Manage the control of different types of weed problems.

 

 

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