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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Field and Vegetable Crops
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Rehovot
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Hanan Eizenberg
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof. Hanan Eizenberg
Course/Module description:
Introduction: The relationship between parasitic plants and their hosts in agro-ecosystems. Review of the advance methodologies for s parasitic plants research. Life cycle, population dynamics and means for Orobanche spp., Striga spp. And cuscuta spp. Control. Breeding crops for resistance to parasites and elucidation of the resistance mechanism (s). Modeling and developing decision support system for Orobanche contro
Course/Module aims:
Presentation of the relationship between parasitic plants and their hosts in agro-ecosystems.
Review of the advance methodologies for s parasitic plants research.
Review of means for Orobanche spp., Striga spp. And cuscuta spp. Control.
Modeling and developing decision support system for Orobanche control
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Describe the relationship between parasitic plants and their hosts in agro-ecosystems.
work with the advanced methodologies for parasitic plants
Review of means for Orobanche spp., Striga spp. And cuscuta spp. Control.
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures
Course/Module Content:
Presentation of the relationship between parasitic plants and their hosts in agro-ecosystems.
Review of the advanced methodologies for parasitic plant research.
Review of means for broomrape, Striga and Cuscuta control.
Modeling and developing a decision support system for broomrape control.
remote sensing of parasitic plants.
Required Reading:
-Parasitic Orobanchaceae
Parasitic Mechanisms and Control Strategies.
Editors:
Daniel M. Joel, Jonathan Gressel, Lytton J. Musselman
SPRINGER
Additional Reading Material:
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Grading Scheme :
Additional information:
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