BOT 425 Plant Virology 4 units Plant pathogenic viruses, their plant, insect, nematode, and fungal host-pathogen relationships, symptom recognition, isolation and identification methods. BOT 426 Mycology 4 units Comparative morphology and nuclear behavior of the fungi. Summary of the science with special attention given to forms important in agriculture, medicine and industry. BOT 431 Advanced Plant Pathology 4 units Methods, instruments, and materials used in diagnosis of plant diseases and in plant diseases research. BOT 437 Phycology 4 units Comprehensive examination of the ecology, life histories, functional morphology, physiology and taxonomy of marine and freshwater algae.
Laboratories emphasize species endemic to the central coast of California.
Systematic Botany 4 units Current theory of and approaches to botanical systematics, including use of morphological, cytological, biochemical, ecological and evolutionary data in classification. Literature of systematic botany and rules of botanical nomenclature.