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MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING

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Learning outcomes

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This unit will provide students with detailed knowledge of the main pre and post harvest pest, diseases and weeds that affect major farming systems and food crops. This knowledge will be combined with an understanding of the mechanisms by which these pests, diseases and weeds affect crops and foodstuffs, and the options that have been developed to control them. This, in turn will provide the basis to understand the management options that are available.
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Skills that will be learnt include field and laboratory acquisition of data, evaluation of these data and information from a variety of sources, and combining these data into a summary reportStudents will also learn how to critically evaluate the economic, safety and sustainability considerations of existing and emerging control options. Students will apply this knowledge in an assignment where they consider the current impacts of weeds and pests on overall food production and examine the options for increasing net food availability through a range of existing and emerging technologies. This will involve the application of a range of skills including (a) literature analysis, (b) data acquisition, analysis and visualization, (c) creation of a synthesis report.

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Additional information

Unit content:The unit will cover: 1. The main pre and post harvest pests, disease and weeds of major food crops, with particular emphasis on Western Australian agriculture. 2. Approaches to management of pre and post harvest pests, diseases and weeds, related regulation and market access 3. Emerging technologies that may transform approaches to crop and pasture management and post harvest storage. 4. Advanced and future science involved in improving crop quality for new demands