Molecular Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions

Topics

• Explain the different players involved in pathogen virulence and plant defense, their underlying molecular mechanisms, and experimental approaches used to investigate these interactions.
• Compare and contrast molecular mechanisms underlying interactions in plant and animal pathosystems.
• Explain how knowledge of molecular plant-microbe interactions can be applied to agriculture.
• Analyze and interpret research findings from the primary literature on molecular plant-microbe interactions and effectively communicate scientific findings and conclusions.
• Evaluate the scientific merit and feasibility of proposed research, provide constructive critiques, and justify evidence-based funding recommendations.
• Search the primary literature on molecular plant-microbe interactions for information and manage literature libraries.
• Evaluate research papers from the current and historical literature on molecular plant-microbe interactions.
• Interpret and synthesize quantitative and qualitative data from the primary literature on molecular plant-microbe interactions into written proposals and oral presentations.
• Explain the different players involved in pathogen virulence and plant defense, the different categories of molecular interaction in plant immunity, how signals are transmitted, strategies used for discovery, similarities between interaction mechanisms in plant and animal pathosystems, and application of this knowledge to agriculture.

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