Course Outline
Advanced Cereals Course
Course Content
Integrated crop management:
- Optimising growing systems for the production of high quality cereal crops for different markets
- Recognition and causes of crop disorders
- Identification of weeds, pests and diseases
- Damage due to pests, pathogens and environmental factors
Evaluation of safe and appropriate strategies for prevention and control:
- Control strategies to manage resistance to pesticides
- Technological advances in production techniques of various crops
- Diagnostic techniques
- Expert systems
- Precision agriculture and advances in cereal growing systems
Protection of people, the environment and the crop:
- Implications of cropping systems on the environment and minimising their impact
- Implementing safe practice procedures and precautions
