119937 - Agro-industrial phytopathological biotechnologies

DAFNE - Plant Biotechnology for Food and Global Health

Docente: Sara Francesconi


Lezioni registrate
Data Inizio Fine Sintesi della lezione Luogo
04/10/2023 09:00 11:00 General overview of the course, modality of exams and assignment of the case study for the exams. General aspects of plant pathology, disease triangle and its evolution. Characteristics of a pathogen and of a host. Polo di Agraria Edificio A1 Aula 3
06/10/2023 09:00 11:00 Bacteria, phytoplasmas, fungi, oomycetes, virus, viroids, main symptomatic expression Polo di Agraria Edificio A1 Aula 3
11/10/2023 09:00 11:00 Integrated management strategies: Exclusion, eradication, legislative regulation about quarantine pathogens, cure, agronomical practices, genetic practices. Polo di Agraria Edificio A1 Aula 3
13/10/2023 09:00 11:00 Chemical weapons to control plant diseases, types of molecules, problems related to the use of synthetic chemicals, coverage and systemic ones, toxicological evaluations and label Polo di Agraria Edificio A1 Aula 3
18/10/2023 09:00 11:00 The European Green Deal, Principles of organic farming and legislation Polo di Agraria Edificio A1 Aula 3
25/10/2023 09:00 11:00 THe plant pathogen interaction: apparent and true resistance, constitutive and inducible defences, hypersensitive response, systemic acquired resistance, induced systemic resistance. Polo di Agraria Edificio A1 Aula 3
27/10/2023 09:00 11:00 The genetic interaction of plant and pathogens. The Avr and R genes, the gene for gene and the zig zag model. Types and structure of AVr genes. Types and structure of R genes Non disponibile Non disponibile Non disponibile
08/11/2023 09:00 11:00 >Disease management by antagonistic microorganisms, mode of action and protocol to establish a novel formulation based of beneficial microorganisms Polo di Agraria Edificio A1 Aula 3
10/11/2023 09:00 11:00 Types of antagonistic formulations available in Italy, suppressive soils. Polo di Agraria Edificio A1 Aula 3
22/11/2023 09:00 11:00 use of natural substances as agrcochemicals: types of molecules, mechanisms of action, omics sciences to study novel metabolites, source of extraction, case study on chitosan - fusarium head blight Polo di Agraria Edificio A1 Aula 3
24/11/2023 09:00 11:00 Nnaotechnologies in plant protection, types of inorganc and organic nanomaterials, mode of action, synthesis methodologies. Polo di Agraria Edificio A1 Aula 3
29/11/2023 09:00 11:00 Biotechnologies for plant resistance to disease: breeding, mutagenesis, GMO, genomeediting. Focus on GMO and genome editing techniques. Polo di Agraria Edificio A1 Aula 3
01/12/2023 09:00 11:00 Nanotechnology for gene delivery: remind of conventional methods to obtain genetic variability in plants with a special focus on methods of gene delivery. Applications of nanotechnology for efficient gene delivery in plants: in vitro and in vivo delivery, applications for transient and stable insertion. Polo di Agraria Edificio A1 Aula 3
06/12/2023 09:00 11:00 Recap of importance of nanotechnology coupled with genome editing. Plant disease monitoring, forecasting models, types of models and decision support systems. Phenomics to help disease monitoring, types of plant sensors. Polo di Agraria Edificio A1 Aula 3
13/12/2023 09:00 11:00 Application of phenomics for plant disease detection. Concepto of diagnosis, Kock postulates, microbiology-based methods and plant indicators methods. Non disponibile Non disponibile Non disponibile
15/12/2023 09:00 11:00 Serological diagnostic tools: ELISA and different types of ELISA, Lateral flow assay. Principles of molecular diagnostic. DNA/RNA arrays, PCR. Non disponibile Non disponibile Non disponibile
20/12/2023 09:00 11:00 Gel electrophoresis, types of PCR, quantitative Real-Time PCR, point-of-care molecular detection tools. Non disponibile Non disponibile Non disponibile