| Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) |
Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives |
| Course Objectives |
Competency Indicators |
Ratio(%) |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
1. Introduction of the concepts of plant-microbe interactions
2. Understanding the insight in molecular plant-microbe interactions (MPMI)
3. Cases studies of plant-microbe interactions |
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| topic Discussion/Production |
| Discussion |
| Lecturing |
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| Written Presentation |
| Attendance |
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| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Introduction: course introduction and brief of mini reports |
| Week 2 |
Concepts of plant-microbe interactions (PMI) |
| Week 3 |
Model systems of plant-microbe interactions |
| Week 4 |
Plant immune systems: signalling responses |
| Week 5 |
Discussion: friends or foes, what determines the beneficial microbes or pathogens? |
| Week 6 |
Plant immune systems: redox burst and cell death |
| Week 7 |
Discussion: How do resistance proteins activate cell death? |
| Week 8 |
Virulence factors of pathogens: bacteria and fungi |
| Week 9 |
Discussion: How do pathogens evolve novel virulence activities? |
| Week 10 |
Midterm exam |
| Week 11 |
Virulence factors of pathogens: viruses and nematodes |
| Week 12 |
Discussion: Why do some pathogens need so many effectors whereas others need a few? |
| Week 13 |
Beneficial microorganisms and their impact on stresses |
| Week 14 |
Discussion: How do plants emerge with beneficial microorganisms while restricting pathogens at the same time? |
| Week 15 |
Beneficial microorganisms and their impacts on plants abiotic stresses |
| Week 16 |
Current PMI biotechnology in agriculture
Discussion: How can we translate basic research into emerging crop plants?
Final reports: Project plan presentation (3 minutes talk) |
self-directed
learning |
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| Evaluation |
Group discussion participation (30%)
Attendance (30%)
Mini report (40%) |
| Textbook & other References |
1. Bouarab, K., Brisson, N. & Daayf, F. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. (CABI, 2009).
2. Tyagi, S., Kumar, R., Saharan, B. S. & Nadda, A. K. Plant-Microbial Interactions and Smart Agricultural Biotechnology. (CRC Press, 2021)
3. Lugtenberg, B. Principles of Plant-Microbe Interactions: Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture. (Springer, 2014)
4. Hakeem, K. R., Tombuloğlu, H. & Tombuloğlu, G. Plant Omics: Trends and Applications. (Springer, 2016).
5. The Top 10 Unanswered Questions of MPMI https://www.apsnet.org/about/newsroom/releases/Pages/Top10MPMI.aspx. |
| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
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| Office Hours |
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