School of Land and Environment Master of Agricultural Science

This subject outlines the principles and methods used to identify and manage major pests and pathogens causing plant and animal disease; and in particular their applications in securing food production, quality and trade.
Topics include:

• methods for efficient and accurate disease diagnosis;
• biosecurity, quarantine and food trade barriers;
• applied technologies and transgenics for developing pest and disease resistance;
• impacts of pests and diseases on the natural ecology;
• postharvest and food storage diseases and impacts; and

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This subject is taught by Rebecca Ford