NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 植物免疫學(5136)
(Eng.) Plant Immunity
Offering Dept Department of Plant Pathology
Course Type Elective Credits 2 Teacher Li-Hung Chen
Department Department of Plant Pathology/Undergraduate Language English Semester 2024-FALL
Course Description This lecture will introduce the plant immunity, molecular defense mechanism, the breeding of resistant cultivars, and so on. Students will also discuss the new research in plant immunity in the class
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
Students will learn the knowledge about plant immunity, plant resistance, and the interaction between plant and microbe interactions.
1.Knowledge of fundamental sciences
2.Knowledge and technology related to plant pathology and plant health inspection and quarantine
3.Microbiology-related knowledge
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40
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topic Discussion/Production
Discussion
Lecturing
Attendance
Oral Presentation
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
Evaluation
Attendance 20%
Presentation and homework 80%
Textbook & other References
Instructor’s Power point and related review articles.
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website

Office Hours
One hour after the class.
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