2023/2024

Eco-sustainable strategies in the protection of agricultural crops (part of plant pathology) is a teaching that has the objectives of: 1) Highlight the main characteristics of phytopathogenic bacteria and fungi; 2) Transfer knowledge about the eco-sustainable principles of phytopathological defense; 3) Provide the practical-applicative phytoiatric knowledge with particular reference to the agrochemicals allowed under eco-sustainable and organic agriculture for the protection of agricultural crops; 4) Describe case studies of bacterial and fungal diseases affecting the main agricultural crops both in phytopathological terms and in terms of the development of eco-sustainable protection approaches.

Plant pathology, microbiology, plant physiology

Slides and papers furnished by the teacher

What is plant pathology, bacteria, fungi and viruses. Conventional strategies to control plant diseases: conventional pesticides (fungicides and copper salts), resistant varieties, agronomic techniques, previsional models. Innovative strategies to control plant diseases: the new green deal and the reduction of pesticides in agricolture, natural sobstitutes to conventional pesticides, natural-based molecules, antagonist microrgansism, nanotechnology, plant phenomics, genetically modified organisms. Pathogend detection: conventional and classical detection, serological methods, molecular methods, in-field methods.

Slides and papers furnished by the teacher

Frontal lectures, didactic visits, lab

The attendance is not mandatory

At the beginning of the course, each student will receive a case study and the study will develop a power point presentation. At the beginning of the course it will be decided if the student will present its project during the course as a flipped classroom or during the exam session, depending on the numerosity of the course. Answers about the course will follow during the exam session.

    Sara Francesconi