INTRODUCTORY PLANT PATHOLOGY

Plant Pathology 369 - Class Schedule 2006

[This is the syllabus for the class that was taught Fall Semester 2006.

This is NOT the syllabus for Fall Semester 2007.

Every year a different syllabus]


Class Date Reading Class Preparation/Class Topic Assignments Disease Example
Week One
1 Aug. 21 Intro M Expectation, Realities, Formats, Evaluation, Review Papers Explained  
2 Aug. 23 Ch 1
M 		Concepts of Health and Disease   redballSoybean Rust
3 Aug. 25 Ch 1
M 		Koch's Postulates Terminology

Working Group Applications Due 		Fire Blight
Week Two
4 Aug. 28 Ch 14
p. 723-757
#p. 757-824
M 		Pathogenic Taxon
Viruses 		Conveners Appointed Tobacco Mosaic
5 Aug. 30 Ch 15
p. 825-836
#p. 838-874 M
Nematodes 		Review Paper 1
(Due 8 A.M.)

Working Group Selection 		Pine Wilt
  Sept. 1   NO CLASS    
Week Three
  Sept. 4   Academic Holiday    
6 Sept. 6 M Review Paper 1 Discussion    
7 Sept. 8 Ch 12
p. 615-627
#p. 627-687
M 		Bacteria   Fire Blight of Apple and Pear
Week Four
8 Sept. 11 Ch. 11
p. 385-404
#p.433-614
M		 True Fungi:
Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes 		  Early Blight of Tomato
Corn Smut
9 Sept. 13 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. 15   Review Paper 2 Discussion Mid Term 1
Study Ques. (out);
Black Spot of Rose
Week Five
11 Sept. 18 Ch 1
&
Ch 2

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

12 Sept. 20 Ch 2 Disease Diagnosis
Gross Observation
Culture and Microscopic Examination
Molecular Methods
   Summer Patch of Cool
Season Turf Grasses
Dutch Elm Disease
13 Sept. 22   Mid-Term 1 Mid-Term 1  
Week Six
14 Sept. 25 Ch 2 Parasites and Disease Development 
Prepenetration  Phenomena, Penetration 		  Bean Rust
Root Knot Nematode
Late Blight of Potato
Halo Blight of Beans
15 Sept. 27 Ch 2 Parasites and Disease Development 
Reproduction, Overseasoning 		  Bean Rust
Soybean Cyst Nematode
White Mold of Beans
Halo Blight of Beans
16 Sept. 29 Ch 5 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
Week Seven
17 Oct. 2 Ch 5 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
18 Oct. 4   Review Paper 3 Discussion

   Club Rot of Crucifiers
Crazy Top of Corn
Aster Yellows
Phytoplasm of Periwinkle
19 Oct. 6 Ch 5
M

How Pathogens Attack Plants
Growth Regulators

Case Study Explanation

 Case Study
(out) 		Oleander Knot
Week Eight
20 Oct. 9 Ch 4  Pathogenesis
Specific Disease Examples 		  Fusarium Wilt of Tomato
Goss' Wilt of Corn
21 Oct. 11 Ch 3 Pathogen Effects on Physiological Functions
Movement of Water 		Vascular Anatomy of Monocots and Dicots
Plant Physiology
Transpiration 		Powdery Mildew of Wheat
22 Oct. 13 Ch 3 Pathogen Effects on Physiological Functions
Respiration 		Mid Term 2
Study Ques. (out);		 Corn Lethal Necrosis
Week Nine
  Oct. 16   Fall Break    
23 Oct. 18 Ch 3 Pathogen Effects on Physiological Functions
Transcription and Translation 		 
24 Oct. 20   Review and Discussion    
Week Ten
25 Oct. 23   Mid-Term 2 Mid-Term 2  
26 Oct. 25   Case Study Groups    
27 Oct. 27   Case Study Groups    
Week Eleven
28 Oct. 30 Ch 6 How Plants Defend Themselves Against Pathogens
Pre-Existing or Non-Induced 		  Shot Hole of Cherry
Onion Smudge
29 Nov. 1 Ch 6 How Plants Defend Themselves Against Pathogens
Induced - Phytoalexins 		  Phytophthora Root and
Stem rot
Soybean Bacterial Blight
Pythium Root Rot of Peas
30 Nov. 3 Ch 7 Effect of Environment on Development of Disease  
Week Twelve
31 Nov. 6 Ch 6 How Plants Defend Themselves Against Pathogens
Induced - HRP and Apoptosis 		  Flax Rust
Late Blight of Potato
Southern Corn Leaf Blight
32 Nov. 8 Ch 6 How Plants Defend Themselves Against Pathogens
Induced - Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR) 		   
33 Nov. 10 Ch 4 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
Week Thirteen
34 Nov. 13 Ch 4

Genetics and Plant Disease
Host Variability
Variation in Nature

  Bacterial Blight of Soybean
Stalk Rot of Corn
35 Nov. 15 Ch 8 Plant Disease Epidemiology Simple Interest Computation Cedar Apple Rust
Corn Stalk Rot
Stem Rust of Wheat
36 Nov. 17 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 Fourteen
37 Nov. 20   Board of Directors Meeting  
  Nov. 22   Academic Holiday    
  Nov. 24   Academic Holiday    
Week Fifteen
38 Nov. 27   Classical Plant Diseases You Should Know
and Why You Should Know Them 		                             
39 Nov. 29 Ch 9 Strategies for Plant Health Management
Chemical Approaches 		Inorganic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Immunology
Systems Analysis
40 Dec. 1 Ch 9 Strategies for Plant Health Management Final Exam
Study Ques. (out)
 FINAL EXAM
PONDERABLES
Week Sixteen
41 Dec. 4   Case Study Presentations  
42 Dec. 6   Case Study Presentations  
43 Dec.8   Case Study Presentations
and
Final Discussion		  
 
  WEDNESDAY
Dec. 11 		  FINAL 7:30-9:30 a.m.    

 

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