| Responsible Department | Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology | ||||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | Outside schedule | ||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Level of Course | MSc | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination Portfolio Examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: Individual project report Weight: 100% pass/fail, internal examiner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Requirement for Attending Exam | participation throughout the 14 days of the course | ||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Residential course funded by NOVA running for 2 weeks in August at one of the NOVA universities (exact location and dates to be announced). Before that the students should anticipate preparation time corresponding to a week. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Summer Course | ||||||||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||||||||
| The course covers the following topics: - Impact of plant disease on mankind: Plant diseases from a historical perspective. - Introduction to some basic laboratory methods used in plant pathology - A review of causal organisms - Plant diseases from a field perspective. This is a production-oriented exercise (in production areas) where the students will observe disease symptoms and signs, and collect material for subsequent laboratory exercises (microscopy, isolation, PCR identification etc.). - Basic discussion about terminology/philosophy - Career opportunities with local guest lecturers - Perspectives on plant disease management with respect to world trade, global climate change, and the need for sustainable production | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Lectures Workshops Tutorials Project and group work Practicals Excursions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||||||
| The objective of the course is to present to the student the science of plant pathology, including the social impact and relevance of the science. A specific objective is to convey to the students different perspectives on plant disease management with respect to international trade, climate change, and sustainable production. This course is an introductory course to the NorPATH Nordic MSc programme and additional goals include development of individual study plans, opportunities for thesis subjects and possible locations for this task, as well as conveying knowledge about the possible career opportunities in plant pathology. After completion of the course the student should be able to: Knowledge: -Identify to the key sources of plant pathological knowledge in the Nordic countries Skills: -Analyse how to approach studying plant diseases -Explain the principals of disease diagnosis and pathogen identification Competences: -Determine where to find important information about plant diseases -Reflect on ethical problems associated with combating plant diseases | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Literature | |||||||||||||||||||
| Recommended background reading (one of the following) The Advance of the Fungi (E.C. Large) http://shopapspress.stores.yahoo.net/bandonsathma.html Plant Disease and Social Impact (G. Schuman) http://www.shopapspress.org/41167.html | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||||
| David B. Collinge, dbc@life.ku.dk, Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology/Section for Plant Glycobiology, Phone: 353-33356 | |||||||||||||||||||
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