以文獻導讀方式，指導學生研讀主題文章及討論近期期刊論文，增進學生在植物與微生物交互作用分子層次方面之知識，包括病原致病機制、植物與病原之辨識、植物防禦機制等及所衍生之植物保護策略，如植物抗病品種之建構及植物抗病性之誘導等；並藉由問題及作業增進學生對各主題之瞭解。
1 Introduction
2 Plant-pathogen recognition complexes
3 AVR protein-mediated cultivar-specific resistance in plants
4 PAMP-mediated species resistance
5 Pathogen effectors detected by the plant`s surveillance system
6 Plant defense signaling networks
7 NPR1:the spider in the web of induced resistance signaling
pathways
8 Fresh approaches to molecular resistance breeding
9 RNA Interference: Biology
10 RNA Interference: Mechanism
11 RNA Interference: Application
12 Chemical activation of innate immunity
13 Priming in plan-pathogen interactions
14 T-DNA of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Historical Perspective

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