Course Category:
Department Elective Course
The aim of this course is to gain knowledge about as well as practical skills for handling the major fungal nutritional groups including mycorrhizal, saprotrofic and pathogenic fungi. The course comprises the following topics: growth physiology and nutrition, saprotrofic lifestyles, mycorrhizal fungi and biotrophic lifestyles, fungal diversity and phylogenetic species recognition, genetics and population genetics, fungal communities and interactions, and applied mycology including fungal biotechnology.
