Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
SEED PATHOLOGY	800300735120		3 + 0	3.0	8.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction
Course Level	Graduate Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
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Goals	To give information about seed-borne pathogens, mechanisms of seed-transmission, factors affecting seed-transmission, control methods and diagnosis.
Course Content	Seed-borne pathogens, mechanisms of seed-transmission, factors affecting seed-transmission, control methods and diagnosis of the pathogens
Learning Outcomes

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	Basic conceps about seed-borne diseases	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week	Economic Significance of Seed-borne Diseases	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week	Nonparasitic seed disorders	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week	Factors affecting seed transmission	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week	Seed-borne fungi and transmission mechanisms	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week	Detecting methods of seed-borne fungi	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week	Control methods of seed-borne fungi	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week	Seed-borne virus, viroids and their transmission mechanisms	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week	Detecting methods of seed-borne viruses and viroids	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week	Control methods of seed-borne viruses and viroids	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week	Seed-borne bacteria and transmission mechanisms	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week	Detecting methods of seed-borne bacteria	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week	Control methods of seed-borne bacteria	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week	Future control strategies of seed-transmitted diseases	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Recommended Sources

Principles of Seed Pathology, Second Edition, V.K. Agarwal, James B. Sinclair, Lewis Publishers, 1997, 515 p.

Seed Pathology, P. Neergaard, MacMillan Publ., 1979, 1191 p.

Seed-borne Plant Virus Diseases, K. Subramanya Sastry, Springer, 2013, 317 p.

Testing Methods for Seed-Transmitted Viruses: Principles and Protocols, S.E. Albrechtsen, CABI Publ., 2006, 147 p.

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	16	8	128
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	13	8	104
Midterm Exam	1	3	3
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	1	3	3
Final Exam	1	5	5
Time to prepare for Final Exam	1	5	5
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30