COURSE CODE: CPT 504
COURSE TITLE: APPLIED NEMATOLOGY
NUMBER OF UNITS: 2 Units
COURSE DURATION: Three hours per week
COURSE DETAILS:
Course Coordinator: Prof. S.O. Afolami, B.Sc., PhD
Email: Steeveafolami@yahoo.com
Office Location: Room R 243, COLPLANT
Other Lecturers: Mr. I.S. Odeyemi
COURSE SYNOPSIS:
Nematodes as agents for environmental monitoring. Principles and methods of Nematode control and management including integrated management strategies and biological control. Resistance, tolerance, susceptibility and hypersusceptibility of host plants. Practicals: Free-living, plant-parasitic and Nematophagous Nematodes in the soil and their ration of Distribution. Simple experiment to demonstrate the effect of nematodes on selected arable crops in groups.
