| Department of Plant Biology | |||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | BSc. 3 year to MSc. 1 year | ||||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | Joint BSc and MSc The course is offered to several study programs BSc Natural Resources; MSc Agricultural Development) | ||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination and oral examination Portfolio Examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: Final oral presentation of exercise papers submitted during the course. From total eight exercises six have to be submitted and together with the oral presentation will form the basis for the final assessment. Weight: Portfolio: 50% Final presentation: 50% 13-point scale, internal examiner | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | The teaching forms used will include lectures, theoretical exercises, group work, in addition to self study. Topics for the exercises will be adjusted to the Bachelors and Masters Level, respectively | ||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 1 Week Structure: B | ||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English may be conducted in Danish | ||||||||||||||||
| No Credit Points With | Plant Virology, Disease resistance in plants | ||||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | 055851 048070 | ||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||
| Competencies within basic science: - An comprehension of the disease cycle including all stages of pathogen invasion and later development, leading to epidemics. Competencies within applied science: - Apply principles of management of plant diseases based on knowledge of the pathogens and their interaction with the host. Competencies within ethics and values: - Awareness of the potential ethical problems during the control of plant diseases, for example human and environmental hasards | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||
| The course aims at a deeper understanding of mechanisms of infection, establishment in the host from a physiological & histological viewpoint and interactions at the individual and population level. Furthermore a comprehension of proper management strategies, based on knowledge of the disease cycle. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||
| The students are expected to gain a broad biologically based comprehension of disease development and management strategies. The course plan will be based on a selection among the following issues which demonstrate different aspects of infection and population biology and disease management: · Infection paths, establishment and transmission · Differences in nutritional strategy among different taxonomic groups of pathogens (examples: virus, bacteria, fungi in the broad sense, seed plants), · The morphology of host resistance to diseases, and the effect of constitutive and active factors on the pathogen. · Selected disease cycles . Pathogen population dynamics and forces involved in population changes. Pathogen and vector dispersal patterns and the importance of disease management. Interactions between wild and crop pathosystems. Overview: Disease management using different strategies In detail: management by host resistance including race specific and race-non specific resitance, mixtures, gene deployment in time and space and other diversification schemes. Furthermore management by cultural precautions. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| The teaching forms used will include lectures, colloquia, and theoretical projects tailored towards agronomy, horticulture and cropping systems of developing countries | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Eigil de Neergaard, edn@life.ku.dk, Department of Plant Biology/Plant Pathology Section, Phone: 35333314 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Study Committee NSN | |||||||||||||||||
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