Course: Techniques in Plant Cell Biology and Microscopy for the Investigation of Host-parasite Interactions and Host-symbiosis Interactions (2103-423)

Persons:

• Dr. rer. nat. Annerose Heller (verantwortlich)
• Mirjam Weiß (verwaltend)

Type of Course:

exercise

In-Class Hours Per Week:

2

Contents:

Establishment of selected experiments of host-parasite interactions and host-symbiosis interactions (e.g. perthotrophic and biotrophic fungus-plant-interactions, mycorrhiza, Orobanche).
Typical cell structures of different host-parasite interactions and host-symbiosis interactions.
Techniques in plant cell biology and microscopy (light-, scanning- und transmission electron microscopy, fluorescence microscopy).
Documentation in science and development of presentations.

Literature:

EVERT, R. F. 2006: Esau`s Plant Anatomy, Meristems, Cells, and Tissues of the Plant Body ? Their Structure, Function, and Development, Third Ed., Wiley-Interscience.
PLATTNER und ZINGSHEIM: Elektronenmikroskopische Methodik in der Zell- und Molekularbiologie, Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1987.
RUZIN, S. E. 1999: Plant Microtechnique and Microscopy Oxford University Press.
SMITH, S.E. D.J. READ 2008: Mycorrhizal Symbiosis, 3rd Ed., Academic Press. Online!
WEBSTER, J. and WEBER, R.W.S. 2007: Introduction to Fungi, 3rd. Ed. Cambridge University Press.

Location:

Hohenheim

Module:

• 2101-460 Cell Biology of Parasitic and Symbiotic Interactions in Plants (Biology Teacher Program for Secondary Schools) (compulsory)