1 | Knows symptoms of abiotic factors and give recommendations to solve abiotic disease problems, |
2 | Recognize the general characteristics and symptoms of biotic causes of disease such as fungi, bacteria and viruses, |
3 | Identify semi-parasitic and parasitic plants, knows differences of these plants from weed species and give recommendations to control weeds and parasitic plants, |
4 | Identify diseases of some important horticultural and agronomic crops, |
5 | Understands the ways of transmission and spread of disease agents, |
6 | Have information about disease control methods (sanitation, resistant plants, biological, mechanical and chemical) and their practical applications in agriculture. |
7 | Recognize the animal pests which are belong to Nematoda, Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda (Arachnida, Insecta), Chordata’s Phylums, |
8 | Have knowledge on general pest management and control principles. |