| Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) |
Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives |
| Course Objectives |
Competency Indicators |
Ratio(%) |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
| Understand principles of plant pathology and disease control |
| 1.Professional agricultural knowledge |
| 4.Using English as the means for communication |
| 5.Global Perspective |
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| Quiz |
| Written Presentation |
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| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Characteristics of plant diseases
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| Week 2 |
History of plant pathology
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| Week 3 |
Economic impacts of plant diseases
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| Week 4 |
Causal agents: Biotic vs. abiotic
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| Week 5 |
Plant diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, nematodes
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| Week 6 |
Plant disease caused by viruses, phytoplasmas, mycoplasmas
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| Week 7 |
Environmental and social factors on the occurrence of plant diseases
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| Week 8 |
Disease cycles
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| Week 9 |
Midterm
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| Week 10 |
Principles of plant disease diagnosis
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| Week 11 |
Parasitism and pathogenicity
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| Week 12 |
Disease development II
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| Week 13 |
Physiological changes of plants caused by pathogens
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| Week 14 |
Toxins and enzymes in plant diseases
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| Week 15 |
Overview of disease resistance mechanisms: basic vs. induced resistance
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| Week 16 |
Genetics of plant diseases
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| Week 17 |
Plant disease epidemiology and principles of plant management
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| Week 18 |
student presentation |
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| Evaluation |
| Midterm 40%; Final 40%; assignments 20% |
| Textbook & other References |
| Plant Pathology 4th Edition, George N. Agrios |
| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
| http://www.pp.nchu.edu.tw/ex4/Web/lab_Chung,K-R.htm |
| Office Hours |
| 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday |
| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs |
| | include experience courses：N |
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