The origin and development of the oil palm industry. The classification and morphology of the oil palm. The climate and soils of the oil palm-growing regions.Growth, flowring and yield. Selection and breeding. Vegetative propagation and biotechnology. Seed germination and nurser…
Agricultural resources and their use; Implications of rapid population growth for agricultural policy; Priorities in perspective; Changes in crop production; The development of pest control; Challenges to phytomedicine and pest control; Data sources and data analysis; Estimated …
Nutrient requirements of beef cattle; Rumen physiology and energy requirements; Vitamin requirements of beef cattle; Mineral requirements of beef cattle; Protein requirements of beef cattle; Computer programming of beef cattle diets; The effect of processing on the nutritive val…
Background. Growth and development. Assimilation. Agronomic characteristics and environmental stress. Breeding. Management and production. Processing and utilization.
RUGACEOUS (WHITEFLY-TRANSMITTED) VIRUSES IN PUERTO RICO. INCREASE IN THE POPULATION DENSITY OF Bemisia tabaci, A THREAT OF WIDESPREAD VIRUS INFECTION OF LEGUMES CROPS IN BRAZIL. DISEASES TRANSMITTED BY Bemisia tabaci IN EL SALVADOR. OBSERVATIONS ON THE GOLDEN MOSAIC OF BEAN (Pha…
Rugaceous diseases. Mosaic diseases. Bacterial diseases, chemical control, and ecology of pathogens. Origin, improvement, and prospects of the common bean.
RUGACEOUS (WHITEFLY-TRANSMITTED) VIRUSES IN PUERTO RICO. INCREASE IN THE POPULATION DENSITY OF Bemisia tabaci, A THREAT OF WIDESPREAD VIRUS INFECTION OF LEGUMES CROPS IN BRAZIL. DISEASES TRANSMITTED BY Bemisia tabaci IN EL SALVADOR. OBSERVATIONS ON THE GOLDEN MOSAIC OF BEAN (Pha…
Introduction. Caulimovirus group. Germinivirus group. Plant reoviridade. Plant rhabdoviridade. Tomato spotted wilt virus group. Maize chlorotic dwarf virus group. Tymovirus group. Luteovirus gourp. Sobemovirus group. Tobacco necrosis virus group. Tombusvirus group. Comovirus gro…
Protoplast isolation and culture; Regeneration of plants; Protoplasts for studies of cell organelles; Protoplast fusion, Plant protoplasts and the cell cycle; Isolated protoplasts as laboratory tools in the study of cell wall deposition; Cytodifferentiation; The use of protoplas…
Diseases caused by biotic factors. Cane and foliar diseases caused by fungi. Fruit and flower diseases caused by fungi. Rust diseases. Root and crown diseases caused by fungi. Diseases caused by bacteria. Diseases caused by viruses and viruslike agents. Aphid-transmitted disease…
Ecological interactions in multispecies agroecosystems: concepts and rules. Locally derived knowledge resource management. Models of below-ground interactions: their validity, applicability and beneficiaries. The root architecture. Crop and tree root-system dynamics. Opportuniti…
V. 1: Açoita cavalo; Luechea divaricata; Alecrim; Holocalyx balansae; Amendoim; Pterogyne nitens; Angico; Piptadenia paniculata; Angico branco; Anadenanthera colubrina; Angico cascudo; Anadenanthera peregrina; Angico gurucaia; Parapiptadenia rígida; Angico vermelho; Anadenanther…
Introduction to plant disease control. General principles of plant disease control. Principles of plant disease control with chemicals. Chemical control of plant diseases through the years. Identity and nomenclature of modern fungicides. Protective fungicides for plant disease c…
Introduction to plant disease control; General principles of plant disease control; Pinciples of plant disease control with chemicals; Identity and nomenclature of modern fungicidesCompatibility of fungicides.
Virus and MLO diseases; Bacterial diseases; Fungus diseases - foliage diseases; Fungus diseases - diseases of stem, leaf sheath and root; Fungus diseases - seedling diseases; Fungus diseases - diseases of grain and inflorescence; Diseases caused by nematodes; Physiological disea…
Antioxidants an their mechanisms of action: 1. Nutritional antioxidants and disearse prevention - mechanisms of action; 2; Potential role of antioxidant vitamins; 3. Immunological roe of antioxidant vitamins; 4. The effect of antioxidants on the production of lipid oxidant produ…
Poultry - their health and management: introduction; Health, disease and intensification; Poultry nutrition; Practical poultry feeding; The environmental requeriments of poultry; The poultry house; Ventilation; Hygiene on the poultry farm; Systems of management; Breeding and hat…
Biosystematics; Genetics; Breeding; Germination; Flowering; Fruit Development; Fruit ripening and quality; Mineral nutrition; Water; Disorders; Pests; Diseases; Weed; Glasshouse.
Concepts and techniques; Lepidopterous defoliators; Coleopterous defoliators; Other foliage feeders; Underground feeders; Stem and axil feeders; Pod feeders; Natural control agents.