916102 Forest pathology
- Type
- Lecture
- Semester hours
- 2
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Kirisits, Thomas , Halmschlager, Erhard
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Wintersemester 2023/24
- Languages of instruction
- Deutsch
- Content
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Abiotic agents; biotic agents; infection biology, symptomatology and diagnosis of tree diseases; strategies of disease management (preventive and curative measures, silviculture), disease syndromes (complex diseases); examples of forest pathological problems of international relevance (e.g. forest declines, quarantine); virulence of forest and tree pathogens and resistance of host trees against pathogens.
- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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Based on the lectures in "Botany", "Forest Botany", "Dendrology", "Forest Ecology" and "General Ecology" an overview about important and/or common forest and tree diseases is presented. In addition, general principles of forest pathology will be taught.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.