F1PH1_12 Phytopathology

Faculty of Pharmacy
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Emil Švajdlenka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Emil Švajdlenka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Emil Švajdlenka, Ph.D.
Department of Natural Drugs – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy
Prerequisites
Knowledge of phytochemistry, botany and microbiology
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to provide students with basic information about diseases of medicinal plants and their pathogens, applications of plant pathology studies in drug discovery and biopharmaceutical industry, secondary metabolites of plant pathogens, their pharmacological and toxicological effects, host-pathogen relationship, reaction of plants, the methods of plant protection and prevention of contamination of pharmaceutical products. Students will be introduced to the properties of pathogenic microorganisms and their role in the development of plant diseases and degradation of drugs, as well as the influence of (environmental factors, pathogens, and methods of controlling plant diseases) on both of plant physiology, the qualitative and quantitative representation of compounds in the plant. Plant adaptogens-plant pathogens relationship, their application in medicine and pharmacy will be discussed.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge of basic plant diseases, therapy of plant diseases within cultivated medicinal plants.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, basic terms, relation to other disciplines.
    2. Applications of plant pathology studies in drug discovery, biopharmaceutical industry and microbiological technology.
    3. Mechanisms of plant resistance, structures and compounds that contribute to resistance before and after infection {plant cuticle, plant cell walls, antimicrobial chemicals such as alkaloids, tannins, glucosides, saponins, phytoalexins, antimicrobial proteins, hormones, enzyme inhibitors, detoxifying enzymes, antimicrobial enzymes such as chitinases, beta-glucanases, peroxidases,.....}, their mechanism of action and biological activity.
    4. Antioxidant defense system of the plant, epidemiology of plant diseases.
    5. Host-pathogen relationship, interaction, properties of pathogenic microorganisms and their role in the development of plant diseases and degradation of drugs, secondary metabolites of plant pathogens, their pharmacological and toxicological effects.
    6. The influence of (environmental factors, pathogens, and methods of controlling plant diseases) on both of plant physiology, the qualitative and quantitative representation of compounds in the plant.
    7. Plant adaptogens-plant pathogens relationship, their application in pharmaceutical and medical sciences.
    8. Bacteriology - phytopathogenic prokaryotes, their structure and functions, bacterial toxins, infection process, diagnostic methods, protection of plants.
    9. Mycology - plant pathogenic fungi, their structure and functions, fungal secondary metabolites, their pharmaceutical and mycotoxins properties.
    10. Mycology - infection process, spread, colonization of the host and its reactions, diagnostic methods, protection of plants.
    11. Virology - plant pathogenic viruses, viral structure and transmission of viruses.
    12. Virology - virus replication and translocation in plants, pathogenesis, diagnosis.
    13. Virology - satellite viruses, satellite nucleic acids, viroids, plant virus protection.

Literature
    recommended literature
  • Kudela V. a kol.,. 1989: Obecná fytopatologie, Academia, 354 s. info
  • Lucas J.A.,. 1998: Plant pathology and plant pathogens. Blackwell Science, 274 pp. info
  • Kudela V. a kol.,. 2001: Rostlinolékarská bakteriologie, Academia, 347 s. info
  • Vidhyasekaran P,. 2002: Concise encyclopedia of plant pathology, Haworth Press, 563 pp. info
    not specified
  • Agrios G.N.,. 2005: Plant pathology, Academic Press, 952 pp. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
100% attendance of seminars
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