PLPA 4020

Biology of Plant Pathogens

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2014-2015 Catalog.

Biology and ecology of major groups of plant pathogens: fungi, bacteria, viruses, oomycete, and nematodes. Addresses concepts of plant disease, etiology, microbial communities, virulence, resistance, population biology, and epidemiology. Class meetings are largely discussion format with guided analysis of published research.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: PLPA 3010 or permission of instructor.

Outcomes

• To integrate organismal and population concepts for understanding plant - pathogen interaction; the outcome will be sufficient mastery to present examples for the biology of fungal, oomycete, prokaryotic, nematode, and viral plant pathogens.
• To develop critical thinkiong skills in analyzing disease systems; the outcome will be a demonstrated ability to formulate research questions and hypotheses for multiple plant - microbe systems.
• Te develop communication skills for scientific presentations; the outcome will be the design of visual tools and a combined oral and written presentation on a plant - microbe system for peer review.

When Offered Spring.

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