CCMAS Course Search

Current trends in aetiology of plant diseases; Ecological and epidemiological aspects of fungal; viral and bacterial diseases of plants; Cytological and biochemical changes in plant diseases

A survey of floral morphology in relation to classification and evolution; chromosome numbers; polyploidy and their role in taxonomy; Flow cytometry as a taxonomic tool; Chemotaxonomy

Concepts and scope of primary productivity; Comparative account of primary productivity in (1) different habitats (fresh water; estuarine and marine); (2) different geographical zones (polar; tropical and temperate waters; etc.); (3) different seasons (dry; wet; summer; winter; autumn and spring); Contributions to primary productivity and global energy computation; Measurement of primary productivity; Factors affecting primary productivity

Detailed studies of microorganisms of public health significance in water; food; air and the soil; Mechanism of bacterial and parasitic infections; Epidemiology of communicable diseases and community protection methods

Petrology origin; composition; texture and classification of carbonates; evaporates; Cherts; phosphates; iron-rich rocks and manganese deposit; Limestone diagenesis and dolomitisation; Textures; structures; mineralogy and chemical composition of terrigenous clastics; classification of sandstones; quartz types and origin; Relation of sandstone petrography to tectonics and sedimentation; diagenesis; Field and laboratory methods of study of sedimentary rocks x-ray analytical techniques

Microbiology and biochemistry of agronomically important soil processes; Decomposition of organic matter such as hemicellulose; cellulose; lignin and fertilizers; Biochemistry of pesticide degradation

Limiting theorems; Convergence of sequence of variables and some probability functions limiting distribution; Generating functions and inversion theorems; Special parametric univariate and multivariate distributions and large sample theory; Further theory of statistical inference

Principles of Stratigraphy; Types areas; boundary problems; Correlation; Stratigraphic nomenclature; Biostratigraphy and biostratigraphic refinement with emphasis on African examples

Stress in 2-dimensions; trajectories; Mohr diagram; Strain in 2 and 3 dimensions; Rheology; stress-strain relations of elastic; viscous and visco elastic materials; Geometric techniques of structural analysis; Projection techniques; Fracture analysis; Mapping techniques; Geotectonics; crustal morphology; world patterns; theories of orogenesis

Collection methods; temporary preservation of fresh materials; Preparation of herbarium packets and labelling; Permanent preservation of materials using specific mountants; Microclimatology; types of instruments and their uses