Course Name	Mycology Lab
Credits	1
Professor(s)	Name	Youn-Sig Kwak
	Affiliation	Department of Applied Biology College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives

The proposes of this course are to introduce isolation of fungi from various materials including disease plants to students and also to obtain the basic knowledge of fungal biology, especially plant pathogenic fungi.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

Agrios, George N. plant pathology 1997. Academic press

Alexopoulos, C. J. & Mims. C. W. Introductory Mycology 1979. John Wiley & Sons

Jim Deacon. 2006. Fungal Biology. fourth edition. Blackwell Publishing

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments: Two (40%) case studies

Grading Scheme: Biweekly lab reports (60%)

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline

week 1: introduction to lab safety, lab objectives

week 2: isolation techniques

week 3: examples of rust fungi

week 4: examples of rice blast fungi

week 5: examples of powdery mildew fungi

week 6: examples of ectomycorrihzae

week 7: examples of Archiascomycetes

week 8: examples of Neurospora sp.

week 9: midterm exam

week 10: fungal mating and analysis

week 11: parasexual in fungal and analysis

week 12: fungal response to light

week 13: fungal interaction with bacteria

week 14: fungal interaction with other fungi

week 15: final exam

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel: 055-772-1922                 e-mail: kwak@gnu.ac.kr