| Responsible Department | Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology
20 % UMB, ÅS Norway 40 % HU-AF, Helsinki, Finland 20 % SLU, Uppsala, Sweden 20 % | ||||||||||||||||
| Research School | Biotechnology (FOBI) also SOAR, RSHS, AGREC and REFOLANA | ||||||||||||||||
| External Assisting Partner | Prof Anne-mate Tronsmo, UMB, ÅS Norway is course responsible in 2011
Also DJF, Århus University, if you can make an extra line! UMB, ÅS Norway HU-AF, Helsinki, Finland SLU, Uppsala, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Dates | Normally held in the late spring for one week 8th to 15th May 2011 in Honne, Norway (near Lillehammar) | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Abstract | The overall objective for the course is to present a survey of concepts integrating pathogen biology, pathogen ecology and disease management. Key concepts will include survival of intercrop periods, inoculum production and dissemination, onotgenic resistance, crop phenology and climate, and the interplay between abiotic and biotic factors that affect the susceptibility of the host, and severity of epidemics. | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Home Page | http://www2.nova-university.org/novadb/chome/cpage... | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Registration | To UMB | ||||||||||||||||
| Deadline for Registration | to be decided. Probably 31/1-2011 | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 6 (ECTS) depending on input can award 4-6 ects | ||||||||||||||||
| Level of Course | PhD course | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | National pre-course colloquia organised at the particpating universities and one week residential meeting at a venue in one of the host countries | ||||||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | Scholarships are usually available for up to 6 participants per country which cover the residential part but not transport to the venue. usually about 30 particpants | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||||||
| Provisional: Overview/Introduction: Pathogen environment land microbial ecology? Survival of plant pathogens during the intercrop period Survival of plant pathogens and antagonists in soil Snow would fungi - a strategy to avoid competition for food? Soil microbial community structures and their function seen in relation to soil health ? Concepts of soil inoculum potential and soil suppressiveness to soil borne diseases Dissemination of soft rot pathogens with nematodes and insects Ontogenic resistance and pathogen population dynamics Interactions of ontogenic resistance with crop phenology and climate Mechanisms of soil suppressiveness towards Fusarium wilts Infection periods, latency, fecundity and mortality of pathogens during epidemics. Survival and Epidemiology of P. infestans -- how it affects disease management. Modes of action of protective strains of Fusarium oxysporum Inoculum production and modeling of pathogen maturity and inoculum release Non chemical methods of control of soil borne plant pathogens. Case study: Colletotrichum acutatum Engineering pathogen resistance in crop plants - current trends and future prospects" | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| Literature study with colloquia Lectures Poster sessions Group work | |||||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||||
| The overall objective for the course is to present a survey of concepts integrating pathogen biology, pathogen ecology and disease management. Key concepts will include survival of intercrop periods, inoculum production and dissemination, onotgenic resistance, crop phenology and climate, and the interplay between abiotic and biotic factors that affect the susceptibility of the host, and severity of epidemics. The course should equip students for further directed and independent study of the key concepts, and to integrate biological and ecological concepts within the context of modern disease management programs. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Literature | |||||||||||||||||
| Tp be provided later | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Material | |||||||||||||||||
| to be decided later | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| David B. Collinge, dbc@life.ku.dk, Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology/Section for Plant Glycobiology, Phone: 353-33356 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other Lecturers | |||||||||||||||||
| David Gadoury Claude Alabouvette Dan F. Jensen Minna Pirhonen Anne Marte Tronsmo Jonathan Yuen | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Fee | |||||||||||||||||
| Cost of transport to Nordic country. Particpants from outside the NOVA consortium will be charged a fee by NOVA | |||||||||||||||||
| Type of Evaluation | |||||||||||||||||
| Critical evaluation of lecture or poster, participation in discussions, and essay. | |||||||||||||||||
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