PřF:Bi6150c Mycorrhizal symbioses - pr. - Course Information
Bi6150c Mycorrhizal symbioses - practice
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2003
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Milan Baláž, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- RNDr. Milan Baláž, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Eliška Karasová - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- NOW( Bi6150 Mycorrhizal symbioses )
- 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
- General Biology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Plant Physiology)
- General Biology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Plant Physiology)
- General Biology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Plant Physiology)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the practical course is to familiarize the students with basic methods of current mycorrhizal research.
- Syllabus
- Mycorrhizal colonization of plant roots: review of commonly used methods, assessment of root colonization (chemical and microscopic methods), observation of typical mycorrhizal structures.
- Isolation of spores of VAM fungi: isolation techniques, stain by Melzer's reagent, sample preparation, spore description and fungal species determination.
- Mycorrhizal extraradical mycelium: extraction techniques (membrane filtration and inserted membrane technique), vital staining techniques, assessment of extraradical hyphal length (grid-line intersect method and image analysis).
- Long-term cultivation experiment: the aim of the experiment vary with every course run.
- Literature
- NORRIS, JR, DJ READ and AK VARMA. Techniques for the study of mycorrhiza, Part 1. London: Academic Press, 1991. info
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week. - Teacher's information
- http://elanor.sci.muni.cz/~mykorrhi
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2003, recent)
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