Forest Phytopathology and Fire Protection

The course is designed to gain knowledge into abiotic and biotic pathogens in nurseries, in forests and in urban green spaces. Students will be able for forecasting, monitoring, preventing forest fires, and will be able extinguishing them. After completing the course, students will be able to protect fruit and seeds, seedlings in nurseries, the woody plants and wood products in the forest and in warehouses by biological, physical, chemical, mechanical, etc. ways. Students will be able to identify dangerous trees in urban green spaces and will be able to neutralize the risks they pose.

Course aim is to enable students to develop knowledge and skills on forest protection against diseases and wild fires; appropriate protection methods and instruments to achieve sustainable forestry.

Plant morphology and physiology, Dendrology, Forest botany, Forest ecology and typology, Forest tree genetics and selection, Seed production and seedling production technologies.

The course is designed to gain knowledge into abiotic and biotic pathogens in nurseries, in forests and in urban green spaces. Students will be able for forecasting, monitoring, preventing forest fires, and will be able extinguishing them. After completing the course, students will be able to protect fruit and seeds, seedlings in nurseries, the woody plants and wood products in the forest and in warehouses by biological, physical, chemical, mechanical, etc. ways. Students will be able to identify dangerous trees in urban green spaces and will be able to neutralize the risks they pose.

1. An analysis of infectious and non-infectious pathogens has been carried out, classified by plant disease types. Parts of fungal flesh structure were identified and their functions explained. 2. The most suitable diagnostic methods for the identification of pathogens were described. 3. Protection methods against diseases are described. 4. Explanation of the causes of the initiate and spread of fires. According to the given situation, the fire spreading possibilities were evaluated. 5. The analysis of the distribution of combustible materials in Lithuanian forests was performed.. 6. The consequences of forest fire are described. 7. Suitable fire fighting methods and measures were selected according to the situation presented. 8. Fruit and seed pathogens are identified. 9. Seedlings pathogens are identified. 10. Needles and leaves pathogens are identified. 11. Buds, shoots, and branches pathogens are identified. 12. The trunk and roots pathogens are identified. 13. The wood pathogens are identified. 14. The most appropriate methods for monitoring pathogen populations were described. 15. An analysis of legal documents regulating forest sanitary protection has been performed. 16. The principles of sustainable forestry are described to make forests resistant to pathogens. 17. Based on the photos provided by the fire monitoring system, the locations of potential fires are estimated. 18. According to the presented situation the necessity of fire prevention measures was evaluated. 19. An analysis of legal documents regulating forest fire protection has been performed.