Class Schedule 2007
Date |
Class/Lab Topic |
February 19 |
Lecture 1: Class requirements and goals; introduction
to plant diseases
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February 21 |
Lecture 2: Pathogen groups: structure, classification,
and biology of fungi
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February 23 |
Lab 1: Microscopy; fungal and bacterial plant pathogens; Koch’s Postulates I |
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February 26 |
Lecture 3: Pathogen groups: structure, classification,
and biology of bacteria and viruses
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February 28 |
Lecture 4: Pathogen
groups: structure, classification, and biology of nematodes and parasitic
higher plants. QUIZ #1 on lecture and assigned readings material from Lectures 1, 2 & 3 |
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March 2 |
Lab 2: Viruses, nematodes, and parasitic plants;
Koch’s Postulates II
Lab Worksheet #1 due on material from Lab 2 |
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March 5 |
Lecture 5: Signs of pathogens and symptoms of disease
Assignment: Signs/Symptoms Worksheet |
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March 7 |
Lecture 6: Pathogen dispersal, survival, and infection
QUIZ #2 on lecture and assigned readings material from Lectures 4 & 5 |
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March 9 |
Lab 3: Inoculation of plants with fungal and bacterial pathogens; resistance in plants; physiologic specialization in pathogens; and Koch’s Postulates III Lab Worksheet #2 due on material from Lab 2; DUE: Signs/symptoms Worksheet |
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March 12-16 |
SPRING BREAK: NO CLASSES! |
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March 19 |
Lecture 7: How pathogens attack plants/how plants
defend themselves
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March 21 |
Lecture 8: Host-parasite specificity/breeding for
disease resistance
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March 23 |
Lab 4: Plant Disease Diagnosis: Signs and symptoms
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March 26 |
Lecture 9: Chemical,
cultural, and biological control strategies/Integrated |
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March 28 |
Lecture Final Exam DUE: Disease Management Exercise |
March 30 |
Lab 5: Laboratory Final
Exam DUE: Report on Koch’s Postulates Experiment |