Specializations in Ph.D. study programme Phytotechnology
Faculty of Agriculture - Ph.D. study programmes accredited in English
Programme Phytotechnology
Specialization Plant Protection
Programme director:
Prof. Zdeněk Landa, Ph.D.
Phone/fax.: +420 387 772 437
e-mail: zlanda@zf.jcu.cz
Co-operating institution:
University
of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Biology
Biological Centre of the Academy of Sciences
of the Czech Republic in České Budějovice
Czech University of Agriculture
in Prague,
Department of Plant Protection
Research Institute of Crop Production, Prague - Ruzyně
Characteristics:
The Ph.D. programme in Plant Protection –
Plant Health Care is principally aimed on education and practical training of
students in selected areas with emphasis to fields as
- Integrated Pest Management;
- Mitosporic fungi and their potential
for biological control, and
- Use of genetic markers and characteristics in
Plant Protection.
The Ph.D. study is organized based on individually
designed and composed programme which consists of major mandatory courses (e.g.
General and Applied Entomology and Phytopathology, Integrated Pest Management,
Information literacy in Plant Protection) and individually designed set of optional
courses which reflect main objectives of thesis and individual interests of
participant. Also, Ph.D. students are regularly invited and welcome to
participate as lecturers in BSc. and MSc. courses and seminars.
Areas of Ph.D. research:
Various topics cohering with the
sustainable agriculture, the development and implementation of
ecologically-based technologies of plant protection, the utilization of IPM
standards in frame of integrated production (integrated farming), good plant
protection practice (GPPP) and biointensive IPM became priorities for currently
proposed PhD projects. In particularly, fundamental and applied topics related to
mitosporic entomopathogenic and mycoparasitic fungi as key components of
biointensive IPM programmes, are frequently proposed and supported as research
projects for new applicants.
Recently defended Ph.D. thesis – Plant
Protection
|
Title of thesis |
Supervisor |
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Molecular characterization and phylogeny of entomopathogenic fungi. |
Prof. Josef Zvára, PhD. |
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Interactions between entomopathogenic fungus Paecilomyces fumosoroseus and host plant. |
Prof. Zdeněk Landa, Ph.D. |
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Large scale production technologies of filamentous fungi and their secondary metabolites and its use in plant protection. |
Prof. Zdeněk Landa, PhD. |
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Use of entomopathogenic and mycoparasitic fungi in biological control of greenhouse crops seedlings |
Prof. Zdeněk Landa, Ph.D. |
|
Secondary metabolites of fungus Trichothecium roseum |
Ass. Prof. Vladislav Čurn, Ph.D. |
|
Influence of the selection and mutation on genetic characteristics of fungi Claviceps purpurea, Claviceps paspali and Pennicilium brevicompactum |
Ass. Prof. Vladislav Čurn, Ph.D. |
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Study of phytoplasmas of small fruits and medicinal plants. |
Ass. Prof. Josef Špak, Ph.D. |
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The use of molecular markers technologies on selected fungal groups. |
Ass. Prof. Vladislav Čurn, Ph.D. |
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The monitoring of natural occurrence of entomopathogenic fungi in soil ecosystems. |
Prof. Zdeněk Landa, Ph.D. |