PlantHealth Project
Plant Health in Sustainable Cropping Systems
Erasmus+ Programme
Key Action 1 - Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees
Email: planthealth@upv.es
Plant Health in Sustainable Cropping Systems
Erasmus+ Programme
Key Action 1 - Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees

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Programme
Universitat Politècnica de València
M1 First semester
- Sustainable farming systems (4.5 ECTS)
- Agricultural Botany (4.5 ECTS)
- Data acquisition, analyses, and scientific methods in life sciences (6 ECTS)
- Biodiversity conservation (4.5 ECTS)
- Adaptation to climate change in agroecosystems (4.5 ECTS)
- Population genetics (3 ECTS)
- Languages (3 ECTS)
M1 Second Semester
- Weed Biology (4.5 ECTS)
- Applied Entomology (6 ECTS)
- Plant Pathology (6 ECTS)
- Physiological responses of plants to pathogens and pests (4.5 ECTS)
- Molecular techniques in Plant Protection (3 ECTS)
- Internship (6 ECTS)
M2 Third Semester
- Identification and monitoring of pests and beneficials (3 ECTS)
- Disease epidemiology (3 ECTS)
- Biological control of pests, pathogens and weeds (3 ECTS)
- Pesticides and other pest control measures (3 ECTS)
- IPM in Mediterranean vegetables and ornamentals (6ECTS)
- IPM in Mediterranean fruit crops (6ECTS)
- IPM in practice: implementation, assessment and evaluation (3ECTS)
- Languages (3 ECTS)
University of Göttingen
M1 First semester
- Scientific working methods I. Basic laboratory techniques (3 ECTS/C)
- Weed biology and weed management (6 ECTS/S)
- Pesticide application in Plant Health management (6 ECTS/C)
- Plant Nutrition and Plant Health (3 ECTS/S)
- Introduction to IPM (6 ECTS/C)
- Plant-herbivore interactions (6 ECTS/S)
- Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment for Plant Protection Products (3 ECTS/S)
- Language course (3 ECTS/C)
M1 Second Semester
- Scientific working methods:
- Scientific writing and presentation (3 ECTS/C)
- Journal Club (3 ECTS/C)
- Pests and Diseases in Temperate Crops (6 ECTS/C)
- Molecular weed science (6 ECTS/S)
- Practical Statistics and Experimental Design in Agriculture (6 ECTS/C)
- Basics of Molecular Biology in Crop Protection (6 ECTS/S)
- Internship (6 ECTS/S)
- Language course (3 ECTS/C)
M2 Third Semester
- Toxicology, Ecotoxicology Environmental Metabolism, Regulation registration of pesticides (6 ECTS/C)
- Interactions between plants and pathogens (6 ECTS/S)
- Mycology (6 ECTS/S)
- Molecular Techniques in Phytopathology (6 ECTS/S)
- Mycotoxins and fungal virulence factors (6 ECTS/S)
- Plant Virology (6 ECTS/S)
Detail of the courses: C = compulsory; S = selected
Padova University
M2 Third Semester
- Biotechnology for plant protection (6 ECTS)
- Sustainable use of pesticides (6 ECTS)
- IPM of pathogens of fruit crops in temperate climate (5 ECTS)
- IPM of pests of fruit crops in temperate climate (6 ECTS)
- Management of native and non-native pests in the landscape (6 ECTS)
- Language course (1 ECTS)
Montpellier SupAgro, AgroParisTech, AgroCampus Ouest
(Joint offer from French Universities)
M2 Third Semester
- Tool modules (Statistics and French language for foreigners) (4ECTS)
- Biodiversity and interactions, especially in tropical crops (5ECTS)
- IPM in temperate horticultural productions (5ECTS)
- Agro-Ecology in plant protection (5ECTS)
- Integrated crop protection strategies (5ECTS)
- Personal work (Study cases on IPM) (6 ECTS)
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