| Department of Plant Biology | |||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | |||||||||||||
| Duration | 1 semester | ||||||||||||
| Credits | 6 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||
| Course Level | Joint BSc and MSc | ||||||||||||
| Examination | oral examination Aid allowed Description of Examination: pass/fail, internal examiner Description of Examination: | ||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Project work This course is now only available as a subsiduary course to 055849, unless 055849 has been taken in a previous year. | ||||||||||||
| Block Placement | E SUP To be agreed upon | ||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English may be conducted in Danish | ||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | 055849 Disease Resistance in Plants | ||||||||||||
| Restrictions | minimum 3 students per topic maximum 5 students per topic | ||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||
| The purpose of this module is to supplement the theoretical part of "Disease Resistance in Plants" (058546) to give hands-on experience of a specific research topic. | |||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||
| Plant diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms are among the most important factors affecting quality and yield in economic and other plants. Disease resistance is a biological and environmentally friendly form of plant protection depending on natural, biological defence in plants against pathogenic microorganisms. With the rapid development of biotechnology and knowledge of the physiology of plants, it is expected that resistance will reduce the significance of the use of chemical agents for disease control in agricultural and horticultural plants. This module will give the student an opportunity to make an in-depth study of a topic within the field of disease resistance. This will be achieved through a small laboratory experiment, a study of the relevant literature, preparation of a report and presentation of the project at a seminar or as a poster at the end of the course. This course is designed to supplement course (05 58 48) Disease Resistance in Plants, and is only available as part of that course. The course also provides an essential part of the training needed for students who wish to conduct research in the plant sciences at the Ph.D. level at KVL or elsewhere. Research topics offered are individual from year to year. Recent examples include: Hydrogen peroxide development in barley/powdery mildew interactions with different HR phenotypes and the accompanying ascorbate peroxidase/catalase mRNA accumulation. Comparison of the infection course of Bipolaris sorokiniana in barley and wheat using light microscopy Bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and plant-pathogen interactions. Infection biology of Colletotrichum sublineolum in Sorghum A method for transformation of fungi with fluorescent marker, e.g. fungal pathogens for in vivo studies of plant-pathogen interaction | |||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||
| Students will work in small groups (3-5) to study a specific, selected topic. One or two supervisors are attached to each project group. Each group, together with the supervisor(s), prepares a project description and an overview of the project report, which must be approved by the supervisor(s). The supervisor and the group within the framework of the subject organize the experimental part of the course. In the colloquia, organised by the groups, the students will present and discuss their topics with the other participants in the course and have an opportunity to discuss other subjects of interest with a background in relevant primary literature. Each project group will prepare a report, which, together with a seminar, is the basis for the final evaluation. | |||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||
| Individual to research topic, see http://www.kursus.kvl.dk/dr-proj | |||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||
| Lisa Munk, lm@life.ku.dk, Department of Plant Biology/Plant Pathology Section, Phone: 35333316 Mari-Anne Newman, mari@life.ku.dk, Department of Plant Biology/Plant Pathology Section, Phone: 35333303 David B. Collinge, dbc@life.ku.dk, Department of Plant Biology/Plant Pathology Section, Phone: 35333356 Eigil de Neergaard, edn@life.ku.dk, Department of Plant Biology/Plant Pathology Section, Phone: 35333314 Hans Jørgen Lyngs Jørgensen, hjo@life.ku.dk, Department of Plant Biology/Plant Pathology Section, Phone: 35332323 | |||||||||||||
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