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Applied introduction to plant pathology in horticultural crops. Identification, description, and management of diseases in modern horticultural production. Chemical, biological, cultural, and genetic controls and their integration. Prerequisite: PLSOILIN 102. (Formerly listed as: MICROBIO 104) (Planned for Fall)
Plant diseases and their effects on food supplies and human history. Biology of pathogens that cause plant diseases, pesticide use, disease resistance, biological control, and diseases that threaten important world crops. (Gen.Ed. BS) Formerly MICROBIO 170. Planned for Spring 2006.
With lab. Causes, nature, and control of plant diseases. Diagnosis of plant diseases. Mechanisms, biochemistry, and genetics of plant disease induction, development, and control. Prerequisite: course in plant biology (PLSOILIN 397P preferred). Formerly listed as: MICROBIO 530.
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The ecology of plant, microbe, and human interactions in plant diseases, from wilderness to industrial farms. Epidemics, traditional farming, environmental impacts and sustainability issues. Ways in which agriculture, particularly plant production and plant disease management, change ecosystems. Independent project. Prerequisites: BIOLOGY 100 or equivalent recommended. (Formerly MICROBIO 515) Planned for Spring
Biology, ecology, physiology, and taxonomy of fungi. Includes consideration of fungi as causes of diseases in animals, humans, and plants, and their uses in biotechnology applications such as bioremediation. Prerequisites: BIOLOGY 100, 101. (Formerly listed as: MICROBIO 520). (Planned for Fall 2006)
Methods of diagnosing plant diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, and abiotic agents considered using specimens collected by students. Prerequisite: PLNTSOIL 505 (formerly MICROBIO 530).
Planned for Spring 2007. Formerly MICROBIO 535.
Identification and discussion of environmental stress factors that affect growth and success of plants. Emphasis will be placed on ornamental plants, trees, shrubs, and turf in urban/suburban environments. Criteria will be developed to fit plants to various types of urban sites, depending on site characteristics. Plant response to light, temperature, water, salt and other soil pollutants, soil compaction, and air pollutants will be considered as well as mechanisms of tolerance or avoidance. Lectures plus one field trip.Three written exams, student paper, no final exam. Prequisites: Introductory Plant science course, Plant physiology preferred.
Biology and identification of soil nematodes. Parasitism of plants and management practices stressed. Prerequisite: PLNTSOIL 505 (formerly MICROBIO 530). Formerly: MICROBIO 572.
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