CSB353H1 Lecture Notes - Parasitism, Rhizobium, Microorganism
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Note the changes to syllabus there are two exams only; one for first half of semester"s content; one for last half of semester"s content; non-cumulative. Pathogenic lifestyles of microbes and plants plants and animals have similar commonalities in terms of immune response to pathogens. Plant microbe interactions have dire consequences affecting food supply, for instance the potato famine in ireland in mid-1800s. In developing countries, reduction in major food sources can have devastating effects. As world population continues to increase, farmers and plant biologists must find more effective ways to grow food, whether meat or vegetables. What factors are important in outcomes of interactions. Can have symbiotic interactions, but focusing on pathogenic interactions. Agrobacterium tumefaciens those cells that have dna injected grow tumours due to growth factor injected but plant can still survive. Biotroph is pathogen that lives on living plant tissue. Grapes infected by fungal pathogen botrytis necrotroph kills off plant tissue, lives off dying tissue.
