PREV

• Week-1 Introduction about the epidemiology
• Week-2 Elements of an epidemic
• Week-3 Crop loss assessment methods
• Week-4 Environmental factors that affect development of epidemics Site Selection and Preparation Introduction of New Pathogens
• Week-5 Measurement of plant disease and of yield loss Patterns of epidemics Comparison of epidemics Development of epidemics
• Week-6 Modelling of plant disease epidemics Computer simulation of epidemics
• Week-7 Forecasting plant disease epidemics Disease Diagnosis: The Key to Forecasting of any Plant Disease Epidemic
• Week-8 Evaluation of Epidemic Thresholds Evaluation of Economic Damage Threshold Assessment of Initial Inoculum of Disease
• Week-9 Monitoring Weather Factors That Affect Disease Development New tools in epidemiology Molecular Tools Modelling and interpreting disease progress in time
• Week-10 Geographic Information System Global Positioning System Information Technology Forecasts Based on Amount of Initial Inoculum Modelling and interpreting disease progress in time
• Week-11 Geostatistics, Remote Sensing Image Analysis Disease forecasting
• Week-12 Forecasts Based on Weather Conditions Favoring Development of Secondary/Primary Inocula
• Week_13 Disease Warning Systems Data analysis
• Week-14 New Tools in Epidemiology
• Week-15 Development and use of expert systems
• Week-16 Correlation and regression analysis