| Course title | |||||
| 天敵微生物学特論 [Advanced Microbiology of Entomopathogens] | |||||
| Course category | specialized field courses | Requirement | Credit | 2 | |
| Department | Year | 2～2 | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 05MC5417 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 仲井 まどか, 佐藤 大樹 [NAKAI Madoka, SATOU Hiroki] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | afjgxte/L1151 | Email address | |
| Course description |
| This course provides students with microbial and pathogenic characteristics of insect pathogens and microbial control of insect pests. |
| Expected Learning |
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To be able to understand and discuss the characteristics of insect pathogens, techniques for diagnosis of insect diseases, pathogenesis of insect diseases, and development of fungi and insect viruses as microbial insecticides. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy: See the curriculum maps. https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ |
| Course schedule |
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Lectured by Dr Sato 1) About natural enemies. Overview: taxonomy of fungi and positioning of entomopathogenic fungi. 2) Overview: general process of fungal infections on insects and the insect defense systems. 3) Overview: biology and general life cycles of entomopathogenic fungi. 4) Specifics: characteristics and life cycles of major species of entomogenous Entomophthorales. 5) Specifics: characteristics and life cycles of major species of "Cordyceps". 6) Specifics: characteristics and life cycles of major species of entomogenous anamorphic Ascomycete. 7) Specifics: Diversity of interaction between fungi and insects 8) Advantages of insect pathogens in pest control. 9) Advantages and disadvantages of fungi as a biocontrol agent compared with other entomopathogens. 10) Examples of fungi for microbial control of pest insects. Field tour for finding insects killed by fungi, and isolation of fungal pathogens. Lectured by Dr Madoka Nakai 1) General lecture for pathology of entomopathogenic microbes 2) Dignosis and isolation of entomopathogenic microbes 3) Infection mechanisms of insect viruses 4) Genome structure and gene expression of insect viruses 1 5) Genome structure and gene expression of insect viruses 2 6) Development of recombinant viruses and their uses 7) Current status and issues of microbial control 1 8) Current status and issues of microbial control 2 |
| Prerequisites |
| Time of study required for completing this course applies to the standard time of study in TUAT. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
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仲井まどか他「バイオロジカル・コントロール」朝倉書店、 Handouts will be provided. |
| References |
| Vega and Kaya 著(2012) ”Insect Pathology 2nd edition” Academic Press |
| Assessment/Grading |
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Dr Sato: Final report will be evaluated as 100%. Dr Nakai: Daily class comments/questions and reports will be evaluated as 8:2, respectively. Each instructors evaluation occupies 1:1 of total evaluation. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Course keywords |
| insect pathogens, microbial control, recombinant baculoviruses, plant protection |
| Office hours |
| Wednesday 12-13pm at 2-415 (office) Questions will be accepted via e-mail to Madoka Nakai (madoka@cc.tuat.ac.jp) if you have any questions. |
| Remarks 1 |
| Remarks 2 |
| Related URL |
| http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~insect/ |
| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 3/5/2019 11:54:41 AM |