Plant Pathology Concepts and Principles

This is an upper division class offered in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. It is my assumption that students taking this course are competent in their lower division College Requirement courses. This includes the Mathematics and Statistics, Communication, and Natural Sciences requirements.

Because " BIOS 101 and 101L, or BIOS 109" are specific prerequisites for this course; It is assumed that while there will be a range from competent to mastery among the class in the following areas; none of these areas will be "new". Thus, it will assumed that the class will be conversant in these terms and concepts.

There will be no specific test on these. They will be simply incorporated into the class. Students should not anticipate that the content of courses in the undergraduate requirements will be remediated. The better review / recall the student has the easier will be the mastery of the concepts of this upper division Introductory Plant Pathology Course.

• Mastery: given an exam you'd score at least an 86%; could use knowledge to solve problems and synthesize answers related to the subject.
• Competency: given an exam you'd score at least a 71%; could use knowledge to solve problems most of the time
• Familiar: though the terms/concepts are familiar, could not accurately apply them to solve problems.

1. Excellent review and overview - It is anticipated you have mastery of the information on this site. If you decide to ignore the other sites on this page; be sure you look at this one.

2. Eukaryotic (Plant) Organelles
3. Molecular Composition of Plant Cells (Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Nucleis Acids, Secondary Metabolites
4. Phospholipid Bilayer Membrane Structure
5. The Plant Cell
1. Nucleus
2. Chloroplasts and other Plastids
3. Mitochondria and Electron Transport
4. Peroxisomes
5. Vacuoles
6. Endoplasmic Reticulum
7. Golgi Apparatus
8. Cell Wall
9. Cell Membrane (Second site)
6. The Cell Cycle
7. Interphase
8. Mitosis and Cytokinesis
9. Osmosis
10. Diffusion
11. Active Transport of Solutes across Membranes (Animation)
12. Thermodynamics
13. Oxidation-Reduction
14. Enzymes
15. Basic Metabolic Cycles and Pathways
16. Kreb's Cycle - Citric Acid Cycle
17. Metabolism - an excellent summary
18. Cellular Respiration
19. Glycolysis
20. Photosynthesis and Cellular Resiration
21. The Nature of Light
22. Pigments
23. Reactions of Photosynthesis [Light Reaction and Dark Reaction]
24. Carbon-Fixation Reactions
25. Sexual Reproduction
26. Meiosis
27. Mendelian Principles
28. Genes and Mutation
29. Structure of DNA
30. DNA Replication
31. Regulation of Gene Expression
32. Transcription
33. Translation
34. The Concept of Gene Pool
35. Hardy-Weinberg Law
36. Natural Selection/Adaptation
37. Taxonomy of Plants (Second Site)
38. Gymnosperms; Characteristics, anatomy, reproduction, structures
39. Angiosperms; Characteristics, anatomy, reproduction, structures
40. Flowers / Flowering
41. Fruits   /    Fruiting
42. Hormones / Growth Regulators
43. Plant Anatomical Terms
44. Root Anatomy and Morphology
45. Plant Anatomy
46. Vascular Anatomy   /    Water Transport
47. Mineral Transport
48. Phloem Transport
49. Leaf Anatomy and Morphology

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This page is authored and maintained by:
Dr. J.E. Partridge, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln