4 ECTS credits
104 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4007889FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Registration for this course is allowed if one acquired at least 48 ECTS in the Master of Molecular Biology.
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering Sciences
Department
Bio-Engineering Sciences
External partners
KU Leuven
Educational team
Edilbert Van Driessche
Bruno CAMMUE (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

CONTENT :A first part will be dealing with general aspects of plant disease including an introductory chapter, pathogen attack versus plant defense mechanisms, genetics of plant disease, environmental effects on plant diseases, epidemiology and control of plant diseases. In the second part a selection of specific diseases caused by pathogenic fungi, bacteria and viruses will be highlighted. 

Students have to read a number of book chapters on beforehand. During the lectures, answers are given to issues that are not clear or incompletely understood and supplementary information is given by the lecturer.

Self study: students have to read in advance specific chapters clearly indicated before every course (further clarified during the courses) and on which questions will be asked during the examination 

 

 

 

 

Course material
Handbook (Recommended) : Plant Pathology, Agrios GN, 5de, Academic Press, California, USA, 9780120445653, 2005
Additional info

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Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

The students should have knowledge and insight in the basic mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions leading to plant disease 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Oral examination with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Written preparation, followed by oral examination

Additional info regarding evaluation

EVALUATION PROCEDURE : Written preparation, followed by oral examination of the indicated book chapters and related explanations during the lectures.  

 

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biology: Molecular and Cellular Life sciences