Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) |
Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives |
Course Objectives |
Competency Indicators |
Ratio(%) |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
Students will learn the knowledge about plant immunity, plant resistance, and the interaction between plant and microbe interactions.
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1.Knowledge and technology related to plant pathology and plant health inspection and quarantine |
2.Knowledge of plant pathogenic microorganisms |
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topic Discussion/Production |
Discussion |
Lecturing |
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Attendance |
Oral Presentation |
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Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
Week |
Course Content |
Week 1 |
Introduction |
Week 2 |
The role of plant immunity in plant-microbes interaction |
Week 3 |
Pattern triggered immunity (PTI) I_PAMP |
Week 4 |
Pattern triggered immunity (PTI) II_PTI receptors and responses |
Week 5 |
Microbial effectors I_bacterial effectors |
Week 6 |
Microbial effectors II_filamentous pathogen effectors |
Week 7 |
Effector triggered immunity (ETI) I_ETI receptors |
Week 8 |
PTI-ETI cross-talk |
Week 9 |
Beyond Zip-Zag models |
Week 10 |
Midterm break or holiday |
Week 11 |
Environment and Plant immunity |
Week 12 |
RNA interference I_mechanism and antivirus |
Week 13 |
RNA interference II_VIGs, HIGs, and SIGs |
Week 14 |
Recessive Resistance |
Week 15 |
Techniques for studying Plant immunity |
Week 16 |
Tools for breading resistant plants I_molecular breading |
Week 17 |
Tools for breading resistant plants II_GMOs and genome editing |
Week 18 |
Final feedback and discussion |
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Evaluation |
Attendance 20%
Presentation and homework 80% |
Textbook & other References |
Instructor’s Power point and related review articles. |
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
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Office Hours |
One hour after the class. |
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs |
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