INTRODUCTORY PLANT PATHOLOGY

Plant Pathology 369 - Class Schedule 2008

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Class	Date	Reading	Class Preparation/Class Topic	Assignments	Disease Example
Week One
1 Goals Procedures	Aug. 25	Intro M	Expectation, Realities, Formats, Evaluation,	Review Papers Explained	EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES
2 Disease Definition Point to Ponder Plant Life Cycle Wellness Continuum	Aug. 27	Ch 1 M	Concepts of Health and Disease	Review Paper #1	Soybean Rust
3 Koch's Postulates Disease Triangle	Aug. 29	Ch 1 M	Koch's Postulates	Terminology Working Team Applications Due	Fire Blight
Week Two
	Sept. 1		Academic Holiday
4 Disease Cycle Virus Virus Replication Virus Assembly	Sept. 3	Ch 14 p. 723-757 #p. 757-824 M	Pathogenic Taxon Viruses	Conveners Appointed	Tobacco Mosaic
5 Female Nema Male Nema	Sept. 5	Ch 15 p. 825-836 #p. 838-874 M	Nematodes	Review Paper #1 (Due 8 A.M.) Working Team Selections	Pine Wilt
Week Three
6	Sept. 8	M	Review Paper 1 Discussion	Review Paper #2
7 Bacterial Structure	Sept. 10	Ch 12 p. 615-627 #p. 627-687 M	Bacteria		Fire Blight of Apple and Pear
8 Hyphal Tip Cross Walls	Sept. 12	Ch. 11 p. 385-404 #p.433-614 M	True Fungi: Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes		Early Blight of Tomato Cedar Apple Rust Corn Smut
Week Four
9 Phytophthora	Sept. 15	Ch. 11 p. 385-404 #p.404-433 M	Fungal-like Organisms: Protists and Chromists	Review Paper #2 (Due 8 A.M.)	Late Blight of Potato
10	Sept. 17		Review Paper 2 Discussion	Mid Term 1 Study Ques. (out);	Black Spot of Rose
11 Naming	Sept. 19	Ch 1 & Ch 2 E	Naming Terminology Signs and Symptoms Individual Plants and Populations	Botanical Terms Plant Taxonomy	Rusts of Turfgrass Grey Leaf Spot of Corn Tar Spot of Maple Tulip Breaking Fire Blight of Apple and Pear Seed Gall of Wheat Sorghum Ergot Phytophthora Root Rot of Alfalfa Crown Gall Rhizoctonia Brown Patch of Turf Cedar Apple Rust
Week Five
12	Sept. 22	Ch 2 M	Disease Diagnosis Gross Observation Culture and Microscopic Examination Molecular Methods		Summer Patch of Cool Season Turf Grasses Dutch Elm Disease
13	Sept. 24	Mid-Term 1
14 Infection Cycle - Pt 1 Plant Life Cycle	Sept. 26	Ch 2 p.80-89	Parasites and Disease Development Prepenetration Phenomena, Penetration	Group Review Papers #3	Bean Rust Root Knot Nematode Late Blight of Potato Halo Blight of Beans
Week Six
15 Infection Cycle - Pt 2 Infection Cycle	Sept. 29	Ch 2 p.89-103	Parasites and Disease Development Reproduction, Overseasoning		Bean Rust Soybean Cyst Nematode White Mold of Beans Halo Blight of Beans
16 Cell Wall Cuticle Appressorium	Oct. 1	Ch 5 p.176-190	How Pathogens Attack Plants Recognition of Host Surface, Enzymatic infection process	Plant Anatomy Leaf Anatomy Enzymology	Papaya anthracnose Early blight of tomato Bean Rust Damping off
17 Toxins Southern Corn Leaf Blight Oat Victoria Blight VIctoria Blight Cycle Victorin	Oct. 3	Ch 5 p.190-196 M	How Pathogens Attack Plants Toxins	Review Paper 3 (Due 8 A.M.) Cell Membranes Mitochondria Cell Metabolism Respiration	Southern Corn Leaf Blight Victoria disease of oats
Week Seven
18	Oct. 6		Review Paper 3 Discussion		Club Rot of Crucifiers Crazy Top of Corn Aster Yellows Phytoplasm of Periwinkle
19 Rust Germination Rust Terminology / Biology	Oct. 8	Ch 5 p.196-203 M	How Pathogens Attack Plants Growth Regulators Case Study Explanation	Case Study (out)	Oleander Knot
20 Stewart's Wilt of Corn Dutch Elm Disease Gray Leaf Spot of Corn Olive Knot Potato Late Plight Soybean Cyst Nematode Tobacco Mosaic of Tomato Ergot of Wheat	Oct. 10	Ch 5 Review	Pathogenesis Specific Disease Examples		Fusarium Wilt of Tomato Goss' Wilt of Corn
Week Eight
21 Tyloses Apoplastic Water Bacterial Wilt of Alfalfa Phytophthora Root Rot of Alfalfa	Oct. 13	Ch 3	Pathogen Effects on Physiological Functions Movement of Water	Vascular Anatomy of Monocots and Dicots Plant Physiology Transpiration	Powdery Mildew of Wheat
22 Respiration Curves Respiration Photosynthesis - Respiration	Oct. 15	Ch 3	Pathogen Effects on Physiological Functions Respiration		Corn Lethal Necrosis
23	Oct. 17	Ch 3	Pathogen Effects on Physiological Functions Transcription and Translation	Mid Term 2 Study Ques. (out)
Week Nine
	Oct. 20		Fall Break
24	Oct. 22		Review and Discussion
25	Oct. 24	Mid-Term 2 (Comprehensive)
Week Ten
26 Heterokaryosis Transduction	Oct. 27	Ch 4 E or E	Genetics and Plant Disease Pathogen Variability	Mendelian Genetics Molecular Genetics Replication	Flax Rust Stem Rust of Wheat Late Blight of Potato Southern Corn Leaf Blight
27 Resistance Gene-4-Gene Concept avr Gene Breeding Oscillation	Oct. 29	Ch 4	Genetics and Plant Disease Host Variability Variation in Nature		Bacterial Blight of Soybean Stalk Rot of Corn
28 Resistance - Introduction Leaf Cross Section Architecture - Defense	Oct. 31	Ch 6	How Plants Defend Themselves Against Pathogens Pre-Existing or Non-Induced		Shot Hole of Cherry Onion Smudge
Week Eleven
29 Host-Parasite Relations Glyceollin Phytoalexin BIosynthesis	Nov. 3	Ch 6	How Plants Defend Themselves Against Pathogens Induced - Phytoalexins		Phytophthora Root and Stem rot Soybean Bacterial Blight Pythium Root Rot of Peas
30 Apoptosis & HR	Nov. 5	Ch 6	How Plants Defend Themselves Against Pathogens Induced - HRP and Apoptosis		Flax Rust Late Blight of Potato Southern Corn Leaf Blight
31 Systemic Acquired Resistance Plant Resistance Summary Time Line of Interactions	Nov. 7	Ch 6	How Plants Defend Themselves Against Pathogens Induced - Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR)
Week Twelve
32 Parasitic Balance	Nov. 10	Ch 7	Effect of Environment on Development of Disease
33 Epidemiology Terms Epidemic	Nov. 12	Ch 8 M E	Plant Disease Epidemiology	Simple Interest Computation	Cedar Apple Rust Corn Stalk Rot Stem Rust of Wheat
34	Nov. 14	Ch 8	Plant Disease Epidemiology	Compound Interest Computation	Grey Leaf Spot of Corn Late Blight of Potato Summer Patch of Turf Cedar Apple Rust
Week Thirteen
35	Nov. 17	Case Study Teams Work Day
36	Nov. 19	Case Study Teams Work Day
37	Nov. 21	Case Study Review with Case Manager
Week Fourteen
38 Historical Disease Discussion	Nov. 24		Classical Plant Diseases You Should Know and Why You Should Know Them
	Nov. 26	Student Holiday		Mid-term 3 Study Questions
	Nov. 28	Thanksgiving Vacation
Week Fifteen
39 Fungicides Mode of Action	Dec. 1	Ch 9 E	Strategies for Plant Health Management Chemical Approaches	Inorganic Chemistry Organic Chemistry Immunology Systems Analysis
40 Plant Disease Management Principles of Plant Pathology	Dec. 3	Ch 9	Principles of Plant Pathology	Mid-term3 and Final Exam STUDY QUES.
41	Dec. 5		Case Study Presentations
Week Sixteen
42	Dec. 8		Case Study Presentations
43	Dec. 10		Case Study Presentations
44	Dec.12		Final Discussion

MONDAY - 15 December 2007			FINAL 7:30-9:30 a.m.