Icampus
LBIRA2106
This course is composed of four parts corresponding to the main biotic plant pathogenic agents: bacteria, fungi, nematodes and viruses. The main topics are as follows:
- a) Bacteria: structure and composition of plant pathogenic bacteria, genetic determinants, toxins and physiological effects, bacteriocins and phages, control strategies including bactericides, antibiosis, biotechnological strategies.
- b) Fungi: structural and biochemical characteristics of pathogenic fungi, vegetative growth, typical life cycle, diversity and evolution, plant-pathogenic fungi interaction (infection strategies, gene for gene interaction, pathogenesis, plant defense mechanisms.
-c) Nematodes: anatomic and morphological characteristics, typical examples and their control strategies.
-d) Viruses: typical life cycle, viral genome, classification, movement within the plant, virus vector interaction, transmission, interference with host plant, pathogenesis.
a. Contribution of the activity to the LO (LO from the program)
1.1 to 1.5 ; 2.1 to 2.4 ; 3.1 to 3.9 ; 4.1 to 4.7 ; 6.1 to 6.9 ; 7.1 ; 8.1, 8.5 and 8.6
b. LO from the program specific to this activity
By the end of the course, each student knows in detail plant pathogens responsible for plant diseases and should be able :
- to define a given pathogenic agents,
- to explain the pathogenesis steps of a given plant pathogen, and
- to understand plant-pathogen interactions,
- to develop appropriate control strategies.
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Written exam during the examination period and report on the pratical works
Lectures and practical works
Syllabus and/or slides available on icampus, web site, journal articles, reference books (Matthew's Plant Virology, ')
This course can be given in English.
