MONITORING AND SAFEGUARD OF FOREST SYSTEMS HEALTH STATE

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2016/2017

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in FOREST AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS

Moduls:

MONITORAGGIO E SALVAGUARDIA DELLO STATO SANITARIO DEI SISTEMI FORESTALI - PRIMA PARTE

6 credits
MONITORAGGIO E SALVAGUARDIA DELLO STATO SANITARIO DEI SISTEMI FORESTALI - SECONDA PARTE

6 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Students should have been previously enrolled in a graduate level course in Forest Pathology

AF code:

40000792

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

For attending students a test in itinere concerning evaluation of disease incidence in forest stands or tree stability in urban areas, and a final oral examination.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

At the end of the course students should have acquired basic knowledge on phytosanitary monitoring methods in natural and urban systems, evaluation of plant health status and related indicators, and about the most suitable control strategies

Contents

Phytosanitary monitoring principles in natural and urban systems. Endemic and epidemic disease concepts. Study of epidemic diseases with simple and complex aetiology. Assessment of plant healthy, investigation techniques, disease incidence. Bio-mechanic structure of trees. Tree crash risk indicators. Evaluation methods of the tree stability: VTA, SIA, SIM. Diagnostic instruments. Control strategies of plant diseases in nursery, forest, urban areas. Applicative examples

Recommended Bibliography

Moriondo F, Capretti P, Ragazzi A, 2006. Malattie delle piante in bosco, in vivaio e delle alberature. Patron Ed., Bologna.
Anselmi N., Govi G., 1995. Patologia del legno. Edagricole, Bologna.
Mattheck C., Breloer H., 2003. La stabilità degli alberi. Il Verde Editoriale, Milano.
Power-Point presentations and other materials used for lectures is made available to the students on the online Moodle platform

Teaching Methods

Face to face lectures and practical activity both in forest stands (achievement of plots, analysis of symptoms and evaluation of the disease incidence, sampling methods) and in laboratory: isolation and characterization of fungal pathogens

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