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Date
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Lecture Number
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Topic |
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Part 1: the small picture |
|
|
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April |
|
2
|
1
|
Importance of fungi. The mycelium and other units and substrates
for growth |
|
4
|
2
|
Reproductive structures |
|
5
|
|
Lab 1: lab techniques: sterile techniques, isolation and
culturing of fungi, use of identification keys
|
|
9
|
3
|
Sexual reproduction |
|
11
|
4
|
Asexual reproduction |
|
12
|
|
Lab 2: Oomycetes importance, identification, pathogenicity,
biology and ecology of Pythium spp. and Phytophthora
spp. (lab session in collaboration with Dr. Dorrance)
|
|
16
|
5
|
Fungal population biology I: sexual compatibility in fungi |
|
18
|
6
|
Fungal population biology II: vegetative compatibility in fungi |
|
19
|
|
Lab 3: Deuteromycetes importance, identification, pathogenicity,
biology and ecology of Verticillium spp.. (lab session in
collaboration with Dr. Rowe)
|
|
23
|
7
|
Interactions with plants: anatomy, physiology, biochemistry (fungal
toxins and plant defense chemicals, lecture by Dr. Graham) |
|
25
|
8
|
Midterm exam (first 10 lectures) |
|
26
|
|
Lab 4: Ascomycetes importance, identification, pathogenicity,
biology and ecology of Sclerotinia spp. and Ceratosystis
spp. (lab session in collaboration with Dr. Rhodes)
|
|
30
|
9
|
Interactions with plants: gene-for-gene interactions |
|
|
|
Part 2: the big picture |
|
|
|
May
|
|
2
|
10
|
Molecular phylogeny (lecture by Dr. Kamoun). Species concept vs.
concept of species complex in fungi |
|
3
|
|
Lab 5: Basidiomycetes importance, identification, pathogenicity,
biology and ecology of rusts and smuts: Gymnosporangium spp.
and Ustilago spp.
|
|
7
|
11
|
Life strategies of fungi |
|
9
|
12
|
Structure of fungal communities I: development |
|
10
|
|
Lab 6: presentation of molecular techniques; PCR amplification
of ITS from mycelium
|
|
14
|
13
|
Fungal communities on herbaceous stems and grasses |
|
16
|
14
|
Endophytic fungi |
|
17
|
|
Lab 7: restriction enzyme digestion of internal
transcribed spacer and molecular typing
|
|
21
|
15
|
Soil and rhizosphere fungi (Lecture by Dr. Serity Frey) Mycorrhizas |
|
23
|
16
|
Paper discussion on soil and rhizospere fungi |
|
24
|
|
Lab 8: Molecular phylogeny lab (lab session in
collaboration with Dr. Kamoun)
|
|
28
|
17
|
Paper discussion on Mycorrhiza |
|
30
|
18
|
Colonization of wood |
|
31
|
|
Lab 9: field trip to collect ectomycorrhizas |
|
|
|
June |
|
4
|
19
|
Paper discussion on colonization of wood |
|
6
|
20
|
Synthesis: role of fungi in ecosystem function |
|
7
|
|
Lab 10: Presentation of monographs
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