| Department of Plant Biology | |||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | |||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1 semester | ||||||||||||||
| Credits | 6 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Course Level | Joint BSc and MSc | ||||||||||||||
| Examination | written examination Aid allowed Description of Examination: 13-point scale, internal examiner Dates of Exam: | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Lectures: 1 course module per week Theoretical exercises: 2 hours per week | ||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | E6, fall Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday 13-15 | ||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English may be conducted in Danish | ||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | 035218 Biochemistry 057518 Plant Biology 055814 057211 Plant Anatomy PC-erfaring | ||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||
| The aim of the course is to provide a solid base for understanding virus biology, principles of classical virus control as well as modern biotechnology related to plant viruses. The participants will become familiar with important viral diseases in Denmark and other parts of the world. Molecular biology and current research literature are integrated parts of the course. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||
| Topics covered by the course includes :Virus taxonomy, Viral replication strategies, Virus transmission, Symptoms and diagnosis,Important viral diseases, Crop protection in EU, Virus control in fields and green-houses, Host resistance and defence, Gene silencing - natural defence and engineered resistance,Transposons, viroids and Virus-like organisms (Phytoplasma), Molecular methods in plant virology, Viral elements in transgenic plants, Viruses as gene vectors. | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||
| Lectures will be based on reviews and primary research articles. Theoretical exercises will focus on gathering information on specific diseases caused by viruses. This includes information on the virus, means of spread, host range, control etc. the information will beassembled in a short report to be finished before the autumn break and approved by the teachers. Each report will be presented and discussed by the students in a series of colloquia after the autumn break. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||
| http://www.dias.kvl.dk/plantvirology/pensum1.htm | |||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||
| David B. Collinge, dbc@life.ku.dk, Department of Plant Biology/Plant Pathology Section, Phone: 35333356 Ole Søgaard Lund, osl@life.ku.dk, Department of Plant Biology/Plant Pathology Section, Phone: 35332632 | |||||||||||||||
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| Study Committee AHJ | |||||||||||||||
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