APPLIED PLANT VIROLOGY
Academic Year 2015/2016 - 2° Year - Curriculum Tecnologie fitosanitarieCredit Value: 6
Taught classes: 32 hours
Term / Semester: 1°
Detailed Course Content
The aim of the course is to enable students able to know the plant viruses, diagnostic methods and the control methods of viral diseases in order to limit the damage of this group of pathogens. The goal is to use efficient defense strategies in relation to the objectives and the environment, as well as to the correct execution of all farming operations that can prevent the spread of the virus in the open field and in protected environment.
Textbook Information
- Giunchedi L., D. Gallitelli, M. Conti, G.P. Martelli. Elementi di Virologia vegetale. Ed. Piccin Nuova Libreria S.p.A. Padova Ed 2007.
- G. N. Agrios. Plant Pathology. Elsevier Academic Press, 2005.
- AA.VV. Le virosi delle piante ortive. Reda Ed. 1983.
- AA.VV. Le virosi delle piante da frutto. Reda Ed. 1985
- Belli G. Virus e virosi delle piante. Edagricole.
- Davino S., A. Colombo, D. Donzella, S. Cataldi e M. Davino. Le virosi nell’orticoltura professionale: guida alla prevenzione e alla difesa. AIS (Associazione Italiana Sementi), Ed. 2009.