Grape pest and disease management
main objectives
Students will acquire the necessary elements to understand the development of grapevine plant diseases and for applying this knowledge in the sustainable vineyard management. Different aspects will be addressed: i) epidemiological aspects of diseases ii) interaction between plant disease epidemics, the environment, and crop management iii) mathematical models and decision support system for crop protection iv) crop protection in integrated and organic viticulture.,,LEARNING OUTCOMES,,1) List the epidemiological aspects of diseases in grapevines.,2) Explain the interaction between disease epidemics, the environment, and vine management. ,3) Report the mathematical models and decision support system for grapevine protection.,4) Discuss grapevine protection in integrated and organic viticulture. ,
general content
Plant‐‐ interactions: Life cycle of pathogens infection chains and epidemiological parameters influence of the host plant on epidemiological parameters of plant diseases the vineyard’s environment (biotic and abiotic components and their measurement). ,Biology and epidemiology of grape pathogens: Overview of the recent findings on biology, epidemiology and population dynamics of the main pathogens, including oomycetes, fungi, phytoplasmas, fastidious bacteria and viruses.,Sustainable grape protection: concepts in sustainable grape protection principles of Integrated Pest Management according to Directive 128/2009 EC a framework for IPM implementation new tools and methods for IPM, including resistant varieties, sanitation, vineyard monitoring and scouting, modelling, monitoring of resistant populations and anti‐ strategies, biocontrol agents and other,non‐ methods for disease control precision crop‐.,Mathematical models for grape disease and protection: Insights on plant disease modelling empirical versus mechanistic models principles of model validation and use in scheduling fungicide applications strengths and weaknesses of model’s use. Practical examples of models for downy and powdery mildews, Botrytis bunch rot and Black rot.,Decision support tools for sustainable grape protection: Tools for supporting grape growers in practical implementation of IPM on‐ devices, warning systems, and decision support systems (DSSs) strengths and weaknesses of the different tools the DSS vite.net as a successful case‐.,
pedagogy
The module consists of classroom lectures and discussions completed by practical field work. The teaching and evaluation language is English.
evaluation
Individual examination 100%