Undergraduate Course: Fungi and Plant Pathology (PLSC10004)

Course Outline
School	School of Biological Sciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This courses covers both molecular mechanisms of plant pathogen response and practical applications in the defence of crops.
Course description	This courses is part-taught with SRUC, and covers both molecular mechanism of plant pathogen response and practical applications in the defence of crops. It covers a fungi as plant pathogens with examples from worldwide agriculture, characteristics of plant parasitic fungi and the diseases they cause. Methods of isolation and identification, chemical and non-chemical control.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: 0
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 44, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 52 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Preparation of disease leaflet 50% Essay 50%
Feedback	Within 15 days
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: To understand the major virulence mechanisms that phytopathogens employ to colonise plants. The ability to research the background literature relating to a particular area of molecular plant pathology. Develop an appreciation for the strategies that can be employed to convey disease resistance to crop plants. To present recent research findings in the form of an oral report. To become proficient at discussing the state-of-the-art developments in molecular plant pathology.