School Of Natural SciencesPlant-Microbe InteractionsWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 300336.1
Discipline: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Student Contribution Band: NP
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
BI203A - Biology of Non-Plant Organisms
About this Unit
The unit will explore the positive and negative aspects of interactions between plants and micro-organisms in the environment. This includes plant pathological viruses, bacteria and fungi, their mode of action, life cycle and symptomatology. Beneficial associations include rood nodules, mycorrhizae, rhizosphere effects and soil nutrient cycles. The response by plants and their natural defence mechanisms to infection and their positive interactions with micro-organisms will also be investigated.
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