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Cursos idénticosProtección Forestal (B-KUL-I0U75A)
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Universidad de la FronteraAims
The aim is to provide concepts of forest pathology.
Previous knowledge
Previous knowledge about physiology, forest ecology, and soils is required.
Is included in these courses of study
- Master in de bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: landbeheer (Leuven) (Major productiebosbouwsystemen) 120 .
- Master of Bioscience Engineering: Agro- and Ecosystems Engineering (Leuven) (Major Subject: Plant Production Systems) 120 .
Activities
6 . Protección Forestal (B-KUL-I0U75a)
Content
1) Introduction: Concepts about plagues and diseases. Sanitary history of Chilean forests.
2) Sanitary problems occurrence: General conditions to sanitary problems: climate, soil, plant, agent.
3) Agents characterization: Morphological and life cycle characterization of main agents of forests relevance: virus, bacteria, fungi, insect.
4) Main plagues and diseases: Description of symptomatology, epidemiology, biotic potential and environmental resistance: nursery, roots, trunk and branches, foliage, timber.
5) Prospection of plagues and diseases: Prospection techniques, biological quantification of damage, economical quantification of damage.
6) Symbiotic relationships: Mycorrhiza, bacterial promoters of growth, saprobial fungi.
7) Control of plagues and diseases: Mechanical, physical, biological, integral and chemical control, genetic improvement.
Course material
Lectures slides, articles and reports to be assigned through the semester.
Evaluation
Evaluation: Protección Forestal (B-KUL-I2U75a)
Explanation
- Exam 1 (after first month of lectures)
- Exam 2 (after second month of lectures)
- Final oral examination (at the end of the semester)