Plant Protection
Plant Protection
Course info
A course for technicians, gardeners and horticulturalists that need to know in detail horticultural pest and disease identification and control, with chemical and biological solutions and safety procedures and practices.
What will you achieve from this course?
After completing Plant Protection you will have an understanding of the main ways of controlling pests and diseases such as sanitation, physical control methods including slashing and burning, using plant varieties that are resistant to pests as well as chemical and biological controls.
Lessons:
- Introduction - scientific names, terms, diagnosing problems
- Control Techniques - biological and chemical techniques, alternative methods
- Chemicals
- Identifying Diseases - symptoms, fungi, viruses and other pathogens
- Disease Control
- Insect Classification - biology
- Insect Control
- Non Insect Pests - nematodes, snails, centipedes, etc.
- Chemical Weed Control - weed identification
- Non Chemical Weed Control
Course Delivery
This course is able to be completed either online or by correspondence.
Work Load | Full time: 12hrs per week | Part time: 6hrs per week | Total Duration 100hrs
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