Specialization:
Plant Disease Management
Research Interests:
Plant Disease, Epidemiology, Disease Management, Risk mapping, Risk assessment
Laboratory:
Plant Disease Epidemiology Laboratory
About:
Plant disease epidemiology focuses on the processes and variables involved in the development, spread and survivability of the different plant pathogens. Management tactics can be constructed with these information. Through risk assessment, areas may be identified where disease can possibly spread or increase, so prevention measures can be conducted.
Description of Extension Project Involvements, Trainings Conducted, and other Extension Activities:
I am involved in trainings regarding development and spread of diseases, as well as disease management.
Bachelor’s Degree:
BS Agriculture – University of the Philippines Los Baños
Master’s Degree:
MS Plant Pathology
Master’s Degree – Granting Institution and Address:
University of the Philippines Los Baños
PPTH Undergraduate Courses:
PPTH 141. Principles of Plant Disease Epidemiology
Other Courses:
AGRI 41. Principles of Crop Protection,
AGRI 42. Pest Management
Impacts of Rice Diseases in Tropical Asia
Email:
jmmacasero@up.edu.ph
Office:
B-200, Biological Science Building, UPLB, College, Laguna