NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 生物防治(6836)
	(Eng.) Biological Control
Offering Dept	Master Program in Plant Health Care
Course Type	Elective	Credits	2	Teacher	Tao-Ho Chang ect.
Department	Doctoral Program in Plant Health CarePh.D	Language	English	Semester	2024-FALL
Course Description	Biocontrol agents have become the major players in sustainable agricultur e. This course will introduce different types of biocontrol agents and th eir applications.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	N

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. Understanding the concept of biocontrol 2. Knowing the cu rrent biocontrol agents 3. Innovation in biocontrol			Visit Discussion Lecturing	Attendance Oral Presentation
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 Introduction: background introduction and course schedule Week 2 Beneficial microbes: where to find them Week 3 Beneficial microbes: how to find them Week 4 Function of beneficial microbes in agriculture Week 5 Discussion: finding new beneficial microbes or novel strategies for enhancing plant health Week 6 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in amelioration of abiotic/biotic stresses Week 7 Cases: Bacillus spp. Week 8 Cases: Pseudomonas spp. Week 9 Cases: Streptomyces spp. Week 10 Midterm examination Week 11 Biochemical pesticide and plant-produced pesticide Week 12 Microbial pesticide - Entomopathogenic fungi (Beauveria, Metharhizum, and Isaria) Week 13 Microbial pesticide - Entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernema and Heterorhabditis) Week 14 Microbial pesticide - Entomopathogenic virus (NPV and GV) Week 15 From laboratory to wild field of biopesticides Week 16 Resistance to bio-insecticides or how to enhance their sustainability Week 17 How biotic and abiotic factors affect application of biopesticides Week 18 Final remarks and discussion
Evaluation
50% Attendance 30% Research proposal 20% Group discussion
Textbook & other References
1. White, J., Kumar, A. & Droby, S. Microbiome stimulants for crops. (Woodhead publishin g, 2021) 2. Jogaiah, S. Biocontrol agents and secondary metabolites. (Woodhead publishing, 2020) 3. Green, V. Biocontrol agents: types,applications, and research insights. (Nova Science Publishers,. Inc., 2017) 4. Gwynn, R. L. The manual of biocontrol agents. (British Crop Production Council, 2014) 5. BioControl Journal papers (https://www.springer.com/journal/10526)
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
Office Hours
Tao-Ho Chang: Every Tuesday afternoon from 13:00~17:00. Please make reservation in advanced.
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs
include experience courses：N

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Update Date, year/month/day：None	Printed Date, year/month/day：2024 / 11 / 21
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