Department of Food Production

SEMESTER: 2

COURSE TITLE: MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES IN CROP PROTECTION 

NUMBER OF CREDITS: 4

PREREQUISTS: NONE

COURSE DESCIPTION: Introduction to the molecular and immunological tools used in plant disease, pest and weed diagnosis and identification. This includes a brief introduction to nucleic acid and protein based technologies, discussion of the relevance to population and diversity studies, sampling strategies and quarantine implications. The lab component will allow the development of skills in nucleic acid extraction, PCR and hybridisation techniques, sequencing and sequence analysis and the bases of serological techniques.

Assessment:

Coursework 100%