Name: PLANT DEFENSE. BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS TO OBTAIN RESISTANT PLANTS TO DISEASES
Code: 229102011
Type: Elective
ECTS: 4
Length of subject: Per term
Semester and course: 2nd Year - First term
Speciality:
Language: English
Mode of study: On-site class
Lecturer data: EGEA GILABERT, CATALINA
Knowledge area: Fisiología Vegetal
Department: Ingeniería Agronómica
Telephone: 968325520 - 968325706
Email: catalina.egea@upct.es
Office hours and location:
lunes - 09:00 / 11:00
EDIFICIO DE ETSI AGRONÓMICA, planta 2, Despacho 2.18
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martes - 16:00 / 18:00
EDIFICIO DE ETSI AGRONÓMICA, planta 2, Despacho 2.18
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miércoles - 09:00 / 11:00
EDIFICIO DE ETSI AGRONÓMICA, planta 2, Despacho 2.18
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Qualifications/Degrees:
Academic rank in UPCT: Catedrática de Universidad
Number of five-year periods: 6
Number of six-year periods: 5 de investigación
Curriculum Vitae: Full Profile
Se trata de una asignatura optativa de la titulación que puede cursarse si se elige el módulo optativo de formación investigadora. Las competencias de dicho Módulo a adquirir son:
Técnicas Avanzadas de cultivo in vitro:
- Capacidad para interpretar, discutir críticamente y transmitir oralmente artículos de investigación sobre el tema.
- Capacidad para detectar errores de diseño y para buscar soluciones dedicadas al cultivo in vitro.
- Dominio de las técnicas de manipulación empleadas en el cultivo in vitro de material vegetal.
- Capacidad para poner en marcha y optimizar procesos de obtención de compuestos químicos con interés industrial mediante cultivo in vitro de material vegetal.
- Capacidad para discernir sobre la rentabilidad de un proceso de producción de plantas y/o metabolitos mediante el uso de técnicas de cultivo in vitro.
La defensa vegetal:
- Capacidad para interpretar, discutir críticamente y transmitir oralmente artículos de investigación sobre el tema.
- Capacidad para encontrar soluciones para el control de enfermedades en cultivos.
Es recomendable que el alumno tenga buenos fundamentos en Biología, Fisiología Vegetal y Genética.
Técnicas Avanzadas de cultivo in vitro: micropropagación y producción de compuestos de interés industrial.
- Conocer los factores que determinan las respuestas del material vegetal cultivado in vitro y la forma de modificarlos.
- Analizar, explicar y discutir las características de instalaciones y procesos dedicados al cultivo in vitro.
- Proponer procesos nuevos, o mejoras de los existentes, para optimizar y rentabilizar la producción de plantas y/o la producción de metabolitos por material cultivado in vitro.
La defensa vegetal: Herramientas biotecnológicas para la obtención de plantas resistentes a las enfermedades.
- Conocer los mecanismos generales de acción de los diferentes patógenos vegetales.
- Distinguir entre defensa vegetal activa y pasiva.
- Explicar en qué consisten los mecanismos de defensa pasiva en plantas.
- Explicar en qué consisten los mecanismos de defensa activa en plantas.
- Conocer las bases genéticas de la interacción planta-patógeno.
- Distinguir entre los diferentes tipos de resistencias sistémicas.
- Conocer las herramientas biotecnológicas existentes para la inducción de resistencia en plantas.
Técnicas avanzadas de cultivo in vitro: micropropagación y producción de compuestos de interés industrial. 1. Introducción. 2. Limitaciones de la micropropagación vegetal. 3. Aplicaciones de las técnicas de micropropagación. 4. Impacto económico de la micropropagación. Principales productores y mercado de las plantas micropropagadas. 5. Introducción al estudio del potencial biosintético de las plantas. Aprovechamiento industrial. 6. Cultivos a escala industrial. 7. Aplicaciones de las técnicas de producción in vitro de metabolitos. La defensa vegetal. Herramientas biotecnológicas para la obtención de plantas resistentes a las enfermedades. 1. Introducción. 2. Patógenos. 3. Sistemas de defensa vegetal. Defensa pasiva. 4. Sistemas de defensa vegetal. Defensa activa. 5. Bases genética y molecular de la interacción planta-patógeno 6. Resistencias sistémicas. 7. Herramientas Biotecnológicas y uso de recursos genéticos.
Unit 1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. INTRODUCTION. Plant anatomy. Plant physiology.
1.2. DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS. Pathogen, host, elicitor, resistance, susceptibility, immunity, virulence and avirulence. Plant¿pathogen interaction, compatible and incompatible.
Unit 2. PATHOGENS
2.1. Types of pathogens: viruses, bacteria, fungi, nematodes, insects, parasitic plants. Mechanism of invasion.
Unit 3. PLANT DEFENCE SYSTEMS
3.1. Passive defence.
3.2. Active defence.
Unit 4. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BASES OF PLANT¿PATHOGEN INTERACTION
4.1. Monogenicoligogenic/polygenic resistance. General resistance and specific resistance. Vertical and horizontal resistance. Resistance genes.
Unit 5. SYSTEMIC RESISTANCE. SIGNALLING OF THE DEFENCE.
5.1. Systemic acquired resistance.
5.2. Induced systemic resistance.
Unit 6. INDUCTION OF RESISTANCE IN PLANTS
6.1. Biotechnological tools to induce resistance in plants.
6.2. Microbial induction. Topical application of inducers.
6.3. Integration of induced resistance in crop production.
There is no laboratory practices in this course
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Class in conventional classroom: theory, problems, case studies, seminars, etc
Master class interspersed with cooperative learning techniques casual. Resolution of doubts raised by the students
38
100
Class in laboratory: practical classes / internships
0
100
Class in the field or open classroom (technical visits, lectures, etc.). In general, activities that require special resources or planning
Oral presentation of a research article.
0
100
Class in a computer classroom: practical classes / internships
0
100
Assessment activities (continuous assessment system)
Oral presentation of a research article that has previously been worked on it.
2
100
Assessment activities (final assessment system)
Official written examination.
4
100
Tutorials
Resolution of doubts and additional explanations both face to face and remote way.
6
50
Student work: study or individual or group work
Discuss and analyze a research article. Search for information. Preparation of the report, abstract or conceptual map. Preparation of the oral presentation. Study work.
70
0
Individual official test
Written exam with 20 multiple choice questions (50%) and 2 short answer questions (50%).
50 %
Presentation and defence of individual or group assignments
Elaboration of individual or group works on a research article and oral presentation of it to the classmates. Students who are unable to performance the oral presentation, for a justified reason, must carry out additional a work proposed by the teacher
45 %
Other evaluation activities
Attendance and participation in class. Students, who are not able to attend the class, must carry out a bibliographic search on a topic proposed by the teacher
5 %
Individual official test
Written exam with 20 multiple choice questions (50%) and 2 short answer questions (50%).
50 %
Presentation and defence of individual or group assignments
Elaboration of individual or group works on a research article and oral presentation of it to the classmates. Students who are unable to performance the oral presentation, for a justified reason, must carry out additional a work proposed by the teacher
45 %
Other evaluation activities
Attendance and participation in class. Students, who are not able to attend the class, must carry out a bibliographic search on a topic proposed by the teacher
5 %
Students who cannot attend class should be contact to the teacher at the begining of the course.
Author: Agrios, George N.
Title: Plant pathology
Editorial: Elsevier Academic Press,
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 9780120445653
Author: Taiz, Lincoln
Title: Plant physiology and development
Editorial: Sinauer,
Publication Date: 2015
ISBN: 9781605352558
Author: Buchanan, Bob B.
Title: Biochemistry and molecular biology of plants
Editorial: Wiley John
Publication Date: 2015
ISBN: 0470714212