Information Package / Course Catalogue
Fungus - Plant Interactions
Course Code: ZBK614
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

This course is designed to explain the various fungus - high plant relationships that are involved in the formation and development of parasitic diseases in plants.

Course Content

Penetration and infection mechanisms of fungi, the effects of infection on plant physiology and the mechanisms of counter reactions in plants constitute the main topics of this course.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Have knowledge about the concept of fungus
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Recommended or Required Reading
1.Isaac, S., 1992. Fungal - Plant Interactions. Chapman and Hall, London, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne, Madras, 418 s.
2.Leong, S. A., C. Allen and E. W. Triplett, 2002. Biology of Plant-Microbe interactions Vol: 3. APS press, 376 s.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The first contact between the pathogen fungus host plant
Week 2 - Theoretical
The penetration mechanism of pathogen fungus
Week 3 - Theoretical
colonization of pathogen fungi in host plant tissues
Week 4 - Theoretical
mechanism of resistance in plants (mechanical barriers of anatomical and morphological structures)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Plant resistance (biochemical stability)
Week 6 - Theoretical
Effect of fungal infection (changes in host plant respiration)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Effect of fungal infection (changes in host plant photosynthesis)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Effect of fungal infection (changes in transpration of water in host plant)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Effect of fungal infection (changes in carriage of photosynthetic products with carbohydrate metabolism in host plants)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Effect of fungal infection (changes in nucleic acid and protein metabolism in host plant)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Effects of fungal infection on membrane permeability in host plants
Week 12 - Theoretical
Effects of fungal infection on plant growth
Week 13 - Theoretical
Effects of fungal infection on plant growth
Week 14 - Theoretical
Effects of fungal infection on plant growth
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Lecture - Practice143270
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination112113
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
OÇ-1
5
3
3
OÇ-2
4
OÇ-3
5
3
4
OÇ-4
5
OÇ-5
2
2
2
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026