PLPA 601

PL PA 601 Concepts of Plant Pathology

Spring

Overview:

The course is intended to be a core course for graduate students with a major or minor in plant pathology.  The course concerns concepts in host-pathogen relationships with an emphasis on the roles of molecules and cell structures in determining the outcome of an interaction. Evidence for the role of putative disease determinants will be explored in the context of universal stages of pathogenesis and representative pathosystems.
    
Discussion periods will provide time for discussion of special topics, critiquing of research papers, evaluation of grant proposals, and review sessions. This course can be taken independently of PL PA 602 “Biology of Plant Pathogens,” but several of the discussion periods will be integrated with PL PA 602.

Students will develop a personal computer-based reference collection for use in several aspects of the course.  The midterm exam will be written in class.  The final exam will be partially written and partially oral. Students will also be required to write a proposal and participate in the evaluation of other student proposals.

Except where noted, the lectures will be presented by Alan Collmer.

Syllabus:




Back to Plant Pathology home page

 

Updated: 4/3/06-cdf