Scribd
Upload
255 views2 pages

Integrated Disease Management - 0

This document describes an online course on Integrated Disease Management. The 6-week course aims to teach participants about major plant diseases, disease development processes, and management strategies for important crops. It will provide an understanding of plant pathogens and diversity, and explore approaches using genomics and biotechnology. The course is designed for students, faculty, scientists, professionals, and farmers to gain knowledge on integrated pest management with minimal synthetic pesticides. Upon completion, participants will understand climate change impacts, emerging pathogens, host resistance, and genomics applications in plant disease control. Qualifying students will receive participation and competency certificates.

Uploaded by

Navitha Shivani
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
255 views2 pages

Integrated Disease Management - 0

This document describes an online course on Integrated Disease Management. The 6-week course aims to teach participants about major plant diseases, disease development processes, and management strategies for important crops. It will provide an understanding of plant pathogens and diversity, and explore approaches using genomics and biotechnology. The course is designed for students, faculty, scientists, professionals, and farmers to gain knowledge on integrated pest management with minimal synthetic pesticides. Upon completion, participants will understand climate change impacts, emerging pathogens, host resistance, and genomics applications in plant disease control. Qualifying students will receive participation and competency certificates.

Uploaded by

Navitha Shivani
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

agMOOCs

Integrated Disease
Management
Billion dollars of crop loss is caused by plant diseases worldwide each year. No single Integrated Disease
COURSE NAME
disease management strategy is applicable to all plant pathogens. Factors like modern Management
agricultural practices and climate change helped in evolution of new pathogen races.
START DATE February 20, 2018
Farmers depend heavily on synthetic pesticides to manage plant diseases.
Indiscriminate use of such chemicals has harmed all life forms. Integrated disease
DURATION 6 Weeks
management (IDM) strategies advocate managing plant diseases with minimal use of
synthetic pesticides. However, IDM strategies are based on understanding the
PREREQUISITES None
pathogen etiology, diversity and evolution. Genomics of plant pathogens contributed to
understanding of pathogen diversity and evolution. Additionally, biotechnological tools Open and free of charge
REGISTRATION
supported management of pathogens against whom resistant source is not available in
cultivated species. Therefore, the IDM course is designed to give a clear picture of plant
Instructor
pathogens; processes of disease development; management of some important
Prof. B. K. Sarma
cereals, pulses, fruits, vegetables and oilseed diseases; and approaches of plant
BHU, Varanasi
disease management utilizing genomics and biotechnological tools.

Who should attend this course


Operations
Ÿ UG and PG Students of Agriculture and allied sciences
Ÿ Faculty of SAUs Dr. Neeta Singh

Ÿ Agriculture Scientists in ICAR Ms. Revathy KT


Ÿ Professionals in State Department of Agriculture Mr. Deepak Kumar
Ÿ Specialists working in KVKs Mr. Abhishek Shukla
Ÿ NGOs in Agriculture Mr. K.K. Dubey
Ÿ Progressive farmers/ Farming community Ms. Sugatha Chaturvedi
Ms. Aparna Gaikwad
Course content
Mr. Aditya Vadlamani
Concepts of plant diseases Pulse and vegetable diseases and their management
Mr. Avinash Karnick
Principles of plant disease management Diseases of fruit crops and their management

Major diseases of field crops and their Applications of genomics and biotechnology in plant
management disease management

At the end of the course, a participant should know about


Ÿ Climate change and plant diseases
Ÿ Emerging plant pathogens
Ÿ Host resistance
Ÿ Biotechnology and plant disease management
Ÿ R-gene mediated host resistance
Ÿ powered by
Genomics in plant disease management

Certificates http://mookit.co
Qualifying students will be given certificates based on their involvement and performance. Participation
certificate and Competency certificate will be issued by Center for Development of Technical Education, IIT
Kanpur and Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada.

REGISTER AT http://agmoocs.in
For more information contact: [email protected]
agMOOCs

Integrated Disease
Management

You might also like