| 週次 |
授課內容 |
| 第1週 |
由教師選定數篇植物病理學及微生物學相關主題之英文研究報告，由同學依其興趣選擇其中之1篇報告進行研讀，每周於課堂中由1~2位同學進行口頭報告，說明研究報告的內容及貢獻，其餘同學需於上課前完成書面摘要及擬訂欲提出討論的問題。之後由教師帶領同學討論研究報告中的主題及問題。 |
| 第2週 |
Introduction of biotechnology-I |
| 第3週 |
Plant diseases caused by the interactions of fungi and bacteria |
| 第4週 |
Plant diseases caused by the interactions of fungi and virus |
| 第5週 |
The infection courses of plant pathogens-I |
| 第6週 |
The infection courses of plant pathogens-II |
| 第7週 |
How do pathogens find host in soil? |
| 第8週 |
Attacking strategies of plant pathogens--detoxification |
| 第9週 |
Attacking strategies of plant pathogens--metabolic priming |
| 第10週 |
Attacking strategies of plant pathogens--RNA silencing |
| 第11週 |
Plant defense strategies--extracellular DNA |
| 第12週 |
Plant defense strategies--systemic acquired resistances |
| 第13週 |
Plant defense strategies--expand the recognition specificity |
| 第14週 |
Plant defense strategies--gene silencing in fungi |
| 第15週 |
Plant defense strategies--application of dsRNA |
| 第16週 |
Final discussions on seminar topics |
| 第17週 |
Self learning: Additional messenger of SAR (reading assignment) |
| 第18週 |
Self learning: Redefine the fungal tree of life (reading assignment) |