Undergraduate academic studies phytomedicine

		UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE 21000 NOVI SAD, TRG DOSITEJA OBRADOVIĆA 8
		Study Programme Accreditation UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC STUDIES PHYTOMEDICINE
Table 5.2 Course specification
Course:	AGRICULTURAL ZOOLOGY WITH ECOLOGY
Course id: 3ОФМ3О10
Number of ECTS: 5
Teacher:	Dragana Rajković, PhD., Aleksandar Jurišić, PhD., Aleksandra Petrović, MSc
Course status	Mandatory
Number of active teaching classes (weekly)
Lectures: 3	Practical classes: 2		Other teaching types:	Study research work:	Other classes:
Precondition courses	None/navesti ako ima
Educational goal Well trained and educated students in determination and identification of bioecological features of particular animal groups in the given natural conditions that could cause damage to crop production and other agricultural activities. Acquiring the necessary knowledge concerning application of appropriate control measures in accordance with good agricultural practices.
Educational outcomes The student is qualified for further education through master's and PhD studies. Students who acquire theoretical and practical knowledge in the identification and determination of given animal groups, determining the threshold, the type and degree of the damage in crop and animal production, as well as ability to adequately select and apply appropriate control measures.
Course content Lectures: The importance and the task of agricultural zoology. Cells, tissues and organology. Copmarative anatomy of animal groups. Modern zoological classification. Protozoa - Metazoa. Mastigophora, Amoeboida, Sporozoa; Cnidosporidia, Ciliophora. Platyhelminthes, Trematodes; Cestodes. Nematoda - general features, life cycles, behaviour, parasites of plants and animals. Annelida: Oligochaeta, Chirudinea. Arthropoda: general organization and taxonomy. Chelicerata – Araneae, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Opiliones, Acarina. Branchiata, Tracheata - Myriapoda. Mollusca - structure and systematics - Gastropoda. Chordata - Vertebrata - embryonic development. Agnatha (cyclostome), gnathostome: Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, Mammalia. Ecological factors (abiotic and biotic, population ecology, ecosystem and agroecosystem. Exercise: The microscope and microscopic techniques. Protozoa - infuzum. Cells, Tissues, Organs. Plathelminthes, Trematodes, Cestodes. Nematodes – phytoparsites and parasites of animals. Annelida, Crustacea, Myriapoda, Mollusca, Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, Mammalia - determination by the keys.
Teaching methods Lectures – oral, textual and illustrative / demonstrative methods. Practical classes - management of students’ individual work and demonstrative / illustrative methods
Knowledge evaluation (maximum 100 points)
Pre-examination obligations	Mandatory		Points	Final exam (izabrati)	Mandatory	Points
Lecture attendance	Yes		5	Oral part of the exam	Yes	30
Test	Yes		30
Exercise attendance	Yes		5
Colloquium	Yes		30
Literature
Ord.	Author		Title	Publisher	Year
1.	Ratajac R.		Zoologija za studente poljoprivrednog fakulteta	Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Prirodno- matematički fakultet, Novi Sad	1995
2.	Đukić, N., Horvatović, A., Kataranovski, D., Maletin, S., Matavulj, M., Pujin, V., Sekulić, R.		Poljoprivredna zoologija sa ekologijom, I: Filozofija prirode, Opšta zoologija i Sistematika životinja	Poljoprivredni fakultet, Novi Sad	2005
	Rajković, D., Kostić, D.		Praktikum iz poljoprivredne zoologije	Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Institut za biologiju, Novi Sad	1995
	Đukić, N., Maletin, S.		Poljoprivredna zoologija sa ekologijom II, Zooekologija	Poljoprivredni fakultet, Novi Sad	1998
	Poleksić, V. i sar		Zoologija	Poljoprivredni fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu	2003
Course:	SOIL FERTILITY AND FERTILIZERS
Course id:3ОВВ3О09
Number of ECTS: 6
Teacher:	Prof. dr Darinka M. Bogdanović, mr Ranko R. Čabilovski
Course status	Mandatory
Number of active teaching classes (weekly)
Lectures:3	Practical classes:2		Other teaching types:	Study research work:	Other classes:
Precondition courses	None/navesti ako ima
Educational goal The acquisition of basic knowledge of soil fertility and fertilizer application.
Educational outcomes The student is qualified for further education through master's and PhD studies. Students will also be able apply the acquired knowledge, about soil fertility and fertilizer application, in agricultural practice.
Course content Theoretical instruction Subject SOIL FERTILITY AND FERTILIZERS consists of several thematic units: Nitrogen in the soil. Phosphorus in the soil. Potassium in the soil. Other essential microelements. Useful elements. Microelements in the soil. Heavy metals in the soil. Soil properties and processes related to plant nutrition and fertilizer application. Fertilizers. Nitrogen fertilizers. Phosphorus fertilizers. Potassium fertilizers. The complex fertilizers.Organo-mineral fertilizers. Liquid fertilizers. Fertilizers with pesticides and trace elements. Organic fertilizers. Principles of fertilization. The control system of soil fertility and fertilizer application Practical instruction Laboratory exercise: Soil fertility. Determining the need for fertilization. The system of soil fertility control and fertilizer application. Soil sampling. Determination of total nitrogen in the soil. Determination of mineral nitrogen in the soil. N-min method. Phosphorus in the soil. Potassium in the soil. Trace elements in soil. Field trials. Basic physical and chemical properties of fertilizers. Regulation of fertilizers and soil improvers. Principles for determining the dose of fertilizer application. Field exercises: Visit the experimental field of Institute of field and vegetable crops. . Visit the factory of mineral fertilizers.
Teaching methods Lectures and Practical classes
Knowledge evaluation (maximum 100 points)
Pre-examination obligations	Mandatory		Points	Final exam (izabrati)	Mandatory	Points
Lecture attendance	Yes		0	Oral part of the exam	Yes	30-70
Tests	Yes		30+30=60
Exercise attendance	Yes		0
Colloquium	Yes/No		6-10
Literature
Ord.	Author		Title	Publisher	Year
1.	Ubavić, M., Bogdanović, D.:		Agrohemija	Poljoprivredni fakultet, Novi Sad	2001.
2.	Jakovljević, M., Pantović, M.		Hemija zemljišta i vode.	Poljoprivredni fakultet, Zemun, Beograd	1991.
3.	Ubavić, M., Bogdanović, D.		Praktikum iz agrohemija	Poljoprivredni fakultet, Novi Sad	1995.
4.	Westerman R.L.		Soil testing and plant analysis, SSSA Book series 3	Madison, USA,	1990
	UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE 21000 NOVI SAD, TRG DOSITEJA OBRADOVIĆA 8
Study Programme Accreditation UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC STUDIES PHYTOMEDICINE
Table 5.2 Course specification

		UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE 21000 NOVI SAD, TRG DOSITEJA OBRADOVIĆA 8
		Study Programme Accreditation UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC STUDIES PHYTOMEDICINE
Table 5.2 Course specification
Course:	PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Course id:	3OFM3O12
Number of ECTS:	5
Teacher:	Ivana V. Maksimović Marina I. Putnik- Delić
Course status	Mandatory/Elective : Mandatory
Number of active teaching classes (weekly)
Lectures: 4x15=60	Practical classes: 45		Other teaching types	Study research work:	Other classes:
Precondition courses	None
Educational goal The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge about the functioning of the organism of higher plants, as well as on the impact of environmental factors on physiological processes. Also, students will learn how and to what extent certain physiological processes can be controlled, which is important for agricultural production.
Educational outcomes The outcome is knowledge about physiological processes in higher plants and abiotic and biotic factors affecting them, with the aim to apply this knowledge in practice.
Course content Lectures Physiology of plant cells: types, structure, compartimentality. Biomembranes. Organelles, microbodies, cytoskeleton. Chemical and physical properties of plant cells. Tissue culture or cells. Water regime: features, uptake, transport and transpiration. Factors affecting water regime. Plant water requirements, the impact of the lack of water, mineral nutrition: Content, classification and physiological role of essential and useful elements in plants. Mechanism of the uptake and transport of mineral nutrients and organic compounds. Mineral nutrition and yield. Photosynthesis: importance, photosynthetic pigments, absorption and transformation of light. Photophosphorilation. C3, C4 and CAM photosynthetic paths. Photorespiration. Transport of assimilates. Photosynthesis and yield. Respiration: Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, energy balance. Alternative pathways and ecology of respiration, growth and differentiation: phytohormones, cell growth and development. Biological rhythms, differentiation, correlations, abscission, senescence and death. Seed physiology: Pollen, pollination, fertilization. Regulation of seed and fruit development. Seed germination and factors affecting it. Practical work Contents of practical work accompanies lectures (Physiology of the cell, water regime, mineral nutrition, photosynthesis, respiration and enzymes, growth and development)
Teaching methods: Lectures
Knowledge evaluation (maximum 100 points)
Pre-examination obligations	Mandatory		Points	Final exam (izabrati)	Mandatory	Points
Written entrance-exam	Yes		20	Theoretical part of the exam/Oral part of the exam	Yes	40
Test	No		2x15
Exercise attendance	Yes
Term paper	No		10
Literature
Ord.	Author		Title	Publisher	Year
1	Kastori R, Maksimović I		Ishrana biljaka	Vojvođanska akademija nauka	2008
2	Maksimović I, Pajević S.		Praktikum iz fiziologija biljaka	Poljoprivredni fakultet i Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Novi Sad	2002
3	Lincoln Taiz and Eduardo Zeiger		Plant Physiology, Fifth Edition	Sinauer Associates	2010
	UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE 21000 NOVI SAD, TRG DOSITEJA OBRADOVIĆA 8
Study Programme Accreditation UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC STUDIES PHYTOMEDICINE
Table 5.2 Course specification
Course:	GENERAL PHYTOPATHOLOGY
Course id: 3OFM4013
Number of ECTS: 6
Teacher:	Dr Vera B. Stojšin Dr Dragana B. Budakov
Course status	Mandatory
Number of active teaching classes (weekly)
Lectures: 4x15=60	Practical classes: 2x15=30		Other teaching types:	Study research work:	Other classes:
Precondition courses	Microbiology
Educational goal Achievement of basic knowledge and techniques in the field of plant pathology.
Educational outcomes The training of students for further education in professions considering plant health.
Course content Theory lessons - Concept and definition of plant diseases, the subject of general phytopathology, historical development of plant pathology. Damages caused by plant diseases, division of plant diseases depending on the type of causal agent. Parasitic diseases: basic concepts of parasites, types of parasites and parasitic diseases, pathogenicity, virulence, pathogenesis, pathogenicity testing. The basic characteristics of the causal agents of plant diseases, parasites: fungi-like organisms, fungi, bacteria and viruses, phytoplasmas and vascular bacteria, semi-parasitic and parasitic plants. Mycotoxicogenic fungus. Pathogenesis, ecology, epidemiology of plant diseases. Fundamentals of phytopathology (cytological, morphological, biochemical, physiological and genetic changes caused by plant pathogens). Fundamentals of general prophylaxis and treatment (plant quarantine, the impact of cultivation technology, mechanical and physical measures, biological measures, plant resistance to diseases and chemical measures).   Practical teaching: Exercises, Other modes of teaching, Study research work General techniques of laboratory work with phytopathogenic microorganisms. Identification of pathogens, the detection of pathogens. Types of symptoms of plant diseases caused by: fungi-like organisms, fungi, bacteria and viruses, phytoplasmas and vascular bacteria, semi-parasitic and parasitic plants. Fundamentals of morphology and systematics of the causal agents of plant diseases.
Teaching methods Lectures, Practical classes, Consultations, Seminars given by students.
Knowledge evaluation (maximum 100 points)
Pre-examination obligations	Mandatory		Points	Final exam	Mandatory	Points
Lecture attendance	Yes		5	Written or oral part of the exam-tasks and theory	Yes	50
Test regarding material from practical classes (colloquium)	Yes		30
Exercise activity	Yes		5
Term paper	No		10
Literature
Ord.	Author		Title	Publisher	Year
1.	Stojšin, V., Bagi, F., Balaž, F.		Plant pathology textbook- mycosis and pseudomycoses of field and vegetable crops (in Serbian)	Faculty of Agriculture Novi Sad	2008
2.	Balaž, F., Balaž, J., Tošić, M., Stojšin, V., Bagi, F.		Phytopathology. Diseases of crops and vegetables (in Serbian)	Faculty of Agriculture Novi Sad	2010
3.	Babović, M.		Basics of plant pathology (in Serbian)	University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture	2003