PL PA (ENT) 606 Diseases and Insects of Turfgrasses 3(2,2) Host-parasite relationships, symptomatology, diagnosis, economics, and control of infectious and noninfectious diseases of turfgrasses; life histories, diagnosis, and control of important insect pests of turfgrasses. Offered fall semester only. Preq: ENT 301 and PL PA 310 or equivalents.
PL PA 611 Plant Disease Diagnosis I 2(1,2) Methods and procedures used in the diagnosis of plant diseases, especially late spring and early summer diseases. Basic techniques of pure culture and identification of plant pathogens and Koch's postulates are taught. Diagnosis of a wide variety of diseases of cultivated and wild plants is carried out. Offered summer session only. Preq: PL PA 310 or equivalent.
PL PA 802 Selected Topics 1-3(1-3,0-6) Current advances in phytopathology and physiology, diseases of specific crops and specialized laboratory protocol. May be repeated for credit. Preq: Consent of instructor.
PL PA 804 Plant-Microbe Interactions 3(3,0) Physiology, biochemistry, and genetics of plant-microbe interactions; molecular mechanisms involved in plant-microbe communication, plant colonization, and penetration; development of the microbe within the plant; induction of plant defense responses. Offered fall semester of even-numbered years only. Preq: BIOSC 401 and 402 or PL PA 310 or consent of instructor.
PL PA 805 Special Problems in Plant Pathology 1-12 Research not related to a thesis. Preq: PL PA 411 or equivalent and consent of instructor.
PL PA 807 Seminar 1(1,0) Areas of plant pathology and plant physiology not covered by formal courses. Relevant literature is reviewed. Material is organized and presented by students. To be taken Pass/Fail only.
PL PA 809 Analytical Techniques in Plant Science 3(2,3) Theory of and practice in current techniques of separation science; hands-on experience with extraction, isolation, and characterization of chemical compounds associated with plants and microorganisms using techniques such as thin layer chromatography, gas chromatography, mass spectroscopy, high pressure liquid chromatography, and electrophoresis. Preq: Organic chemistry, general biochemistry, or consent of instructor.
PL PA 810 Fungal and Bacterial Plant Pathogens 4(3,3) Biology and molecular biology of plant pathogenic fungi and bacteria; principles of taxonomy, evolution, morphological structures, life cycles, population biology, ecology, control, and genetic manipulation of representative fungal and bacterial pathogens encountered by plant pathologists. Preq: PL PA 310, MICRO 305 or equivalent.
PL PA 811 Plant Viruses and Plant Parasitic Nematodes 4(3,3) Biology and molecular biology of plant viruses and plant-parasitic nematodes; taxonomy, evolution, life cycles, population biology, ecology, control, and genetic manipulation of representative viruses and plant-parasitic nematodes encountered by plant pathologists. Preq: PL PA 310 or equivalent.