- Credit hours: 4
- Prerequisites:
- Botany/Plant Science
PlSc 102 (Science of Plants in Ag, 3 credits)
Biol 203 (Gen Bot, 4 credits)
...or equivalent
- Microbiology
MMBB 250 (Gen Microbiology, 5 credits)
...or equivalent
- Or permission of the instructors
- Instructors for PlSc 405/504:
- Idaho Falls and Rexburg Area
Dr. Juliet M. Windes
University Place Admin. Bldg.
District IV Office
Phone: 208-529-8376
E-mail: jwindes@uidaho.edu
Dr. Phil Nolte
University Place Admin. Bldg.
District IV Office
Phone: 208-529-8376
E-mail: pnolte@uidaho.edu
- Twin Falls Area
Dr. Carl A. Strausbaugh
Research and Extension Center
3793 North 3600 East
Kimberly, ID 83341
Phone: 208-423-6621
FAX: 208-423-6559
E-mail: carl@uidaho.edu
Dr. Robert L. Forster
Research and Extension Center
3793 North 3600 East
Kimberly, ID 83341
Phone: 208-423-6603
FAX: 208-423-6559
E-mail: forster@kimberly.uidaho.edu
Dr. John J. Gallian
Twin Falls Research and Extension Center
P.O. Box 1827
Twin Falls, ID 83301
Phone: 208-736-3633
E-mail: jgallian@uidaho.edu
- Class Meeting Time: 2:30-4:00 PM, Tuesday and Thursday
- Class Meeting Place:
- Idaho Falls Location: CHE 301
- Twin Falls Location:
B66 Evergreen Bldg. (first week)
A21 Evergreen Bldg. (second week to end)
For more information contact Jodie Mink (736-3624)
- Rexburg Location: To be determined
- Laboratory Schedule:
- Idaho Falls Location: Wed. 2:00-4:00 PM in Room 107
- Twin Falls Location: Fri. 2:00-4:00 PM in Evergreen Bldg., Room B66
- Rexburg Location: To be determined
- Course goals and objectives:
- To make students aware of the economical importance and
historical significance of plant diseases.
- To introduce students to the causal factors, biotic and abiotic,
of plant diseases, and to diagnostic methods.
- To develop an awareness of the "disease triangle" and how it
pertains to the infection process.
- To provide a basic understanding of the various approaches
and methods for disease control.
Required Text:
- Plant Pathology, Fourth Edition. 1997. George N. Agrios. Academic Press.
Other References:
- Barnett, H.L. and B.B. Hunter. 1998. Illustrated Genera of Imperfect Fungi.
APS Press, St. Paul, MN.
- Schaad, N.W. 1988. Laboratory Guide for Identification of Plant Pathogenic
Bacteria. APS Press, ST. Paul, MN.
- Dhingra, O.D. and J.B. Sinclair. 1995. Basic Plant Pathology Methods
Second Edition. CRC Lewis Publishers
- Singh, R.P. and U.S. Singh. 1995. Molecular Methods in Plant Pathology.
CRC Lewis Publishers.
- 1998 Pacific Northwest Weed Control Handbook. 1998. Oregon State
University.
- 1998 Pacific Northwest Plant Disease Control Handbook. 1998. Oregon
State University.
- 1998 Pacific Northwest Insect Control Handbook. 1998. Oregon State
University.
- APS Digital Image Collections Disease of Field Crops. 1998. APS Press.
Course Structure:
- Lecture = 2/3 of grade (total of 500 points)
400 points = four exams (100 points each)
100 points = disease profiles (three for undergrads, five for grads)
- Laboratory = 1/3 of grade
- Disease Profiles:
Each student selects three (five) plant diseases, each caused by a different
pathogen group (an abiotic variable, bacterium, fungus, virus, nematode, protozoan,
mycoplasma, viroid, parasitic plant). Each disease is described in writing (minimum 3
pages, excluding cited references) using the following format:
a) Disease Name
b) Plants affected: host range
c) Disease Incidence, Severity, Importance, Occurrence, Distribution
d) Symptoms, Signs: diagnostic, generic
e) Cause, pathogen name, description, life cycle, distinguishing characteristics
f) Disease Cycle: epidemiology, plant-pathogen interaction over time, influence
g) Control: plant resistance, cultural, chemical, physical, biological
e) References cited (minimum 5, no abstracts)
Grade: 80% content, 10% format, 10% composition, spelling, grammar, etc
Late Penalty: 10% per day.
Link to Lecture Syllabus
Link to Laboratory Syllabus
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