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Credit points: 16.0
Coordinator: Dr D I Guest
Prerequisite: Biology 600-141 & 600-142 (1995: 600-101)
Contact: 26 lectures (two a week) and 39 hours laboratory classes (three hours a week)
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students should gain:
- an understanding of the biology and diversity of organisms that cause plant disease;
- an understanding of the mechanism by which these organisms cause disease at the level of cells, plants and communities;
- an understanding of the mechanisms used by plants to defend themselves against disease;
- an introduction to current themes in research into plant diseases.
Content:
Biology of fungi; diversity, characteristics of major groups. The causes of plant disease: oomycetes and fungi, bacteria, viruses, viroids, mollicutes, nematodes and abiotic factors. Epidemiology, crop loss assessment and disease control: integrated control programs, biological control, cultural practices, quarantine and pesticides. Infection processes: pre-penetration events, host-parasite recognition mechanisms, disease aetiology, whole plant, cellular, genetic, biochemical and molecular aspects of host-parasite physiology, disease resistance and pathogenic strategies. Molecular approaches to understanding plant disease: pathogenicity, virulence and resistance.
Assessment:
A 3-hour end-of-semester theory examination; up to three practical reports (maximum 4 pages each).
1. Botany, Faculty of Science (v4, p175) : Next:606-308 | Prev:606-306
2. Botany, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p78) : Next:606-308 | Prev:606-306
Credit points: 16.0
Coordinator: Dr D I Guest.
Prerequisite: Biology 600-141 & 600-142 (1995:161-101)
Contact: 26 lectures (two each week) and 39 hours laboratory classes (three hours each week)
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
Students should gain:
- an understanding of the biology and diversity of organisms that cause plant disease;
- an understanding of the mechanism by which these organisms cause disease at the level of cells, plants and communities;
- an understanding of the mechanisms used by plants to defend themselves against disease;
- an introduction to current themes in research into plant diseases.
Content:
Biology of fungi; diversity, characteristics of major groups. The causes of plant disease: oomycetes and fungi, bacteria, viruses, viroids, mollicutes, nematodes and abiotic factors. Epidemiology, crop loss assessment and disease control: integrated control programs, biological control, cultural practices, quarantine and pesticides. Infection processes: pre-penetration events, host-parasite recognition mechanisms, disease aetiology, whole plant, cellular, genetic, biochemical and molecular aspects of host-parasite physiology, disease resistance and pathogenic strategies. Molecular approaches to understanding plant disease: pathogenicity, virulence and resistance.
Assessment:
A 3-hour end-of-semester theory examination; up to three practical reports (maximum 4 pages each).
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Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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