PLANT PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ARTHROPODS AND BIOTECHNOLOGYModule PLANT PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: VITTORIA CATARAExpected Learning Outcomes
To train the student on the physiological and molecular mechanisms that underlie the processes of interaction between plants and plant pathogens and the environment to provide the scientific basis for planning biotechnological interventions for the study of interactions and crop protection.
Course Structure
Frontal lecture 42 hours. Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.
Information for students with disabilities and / or SLD: To guarantee equal opportunities and in compliance with the laws in force, interested students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and / or dispensatory measures, based on the teaching objectives and specifications needs. It is also possible to contact the CInAP contact person (Center for Active and Participatory Integration - Services for Disabilities and / or SLD) of the Department of Biomedical and Biotechonological Sciences.
Detailed Course Content
Fundamentals of plant pathology: introduction to plant pathology, abiotic and biotic plant pathogens (fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses), diseases development, elements of epidemiology, mechanisms of host-pathogen interaction, mechanisms of action of pathogens, mechanisms of plant resistance, principles of defense against diseases. Case studies.
Textbook Information
1. Matta A., Buonaurio R., Favaron F., Scala A., Scala F. 2017. Fondamenti di patologia vegetale (2aedizione), 490 pp. Patron editore ISBN 9788855533829
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduzione alla patologia vegetale: cenni storici, importanza economica, la pianta malata, concetto di malattia, tipi di malattia, morfologia patologica, valutazione dei danni delle malattie | 1; lezioni del docente. |
| 2 | Alterazioni fisiologiche e funzionali: bilancio del carbonio, metabolismo fenolico, crescita e differenziazione, bilancio idrico. | 1 |
| 3 | Le cause delle malattie e loro diagnosi | 1; lezioni del docente. |
| 4 | Agenti biotici di malattia: Virus e viroidi, batteri, oomiceti e funghi. | 1; lezioni del docente. |
| 5 | Il processo infettivo e il ciclo della malattia: specializzazione parassitaria, l’infezione, meccanismi di attacco dei patogeni, disseminazione e sopravvivenza degli inoculi, cenni di epidemiologia | 1 |
| 6 | Meccanismi di resistenza delle piante: difese pre-infezionali e post-infezionali, il riconoscimento pianta-patogeno, tipologie di resistenza | 1 |
| 7 | Inquadramento dei principi di lotta alle malattie delle piante e casi studio di interventi biotecnologici | 1; lezioni del docente. |