Taught in Fall and Spring. Reports in the field of plant pathology. Conventional and Molecular Methods for Evaluation of Crop Plant Resistance to Pests. Taught in Spring in odd-numbered years. A series of laboratories developed and instructed by faculty in the departments of Agronomy, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, illustrate different modes of plant resistance to pests, quantification of resistance effects, resistance gene flow, plant DNA isolation and quantification, and molecular marker-assisted selection of resistance genes of interest.
Students develop hands-on experience to pests.
One hr lecture and 2 hr lab a week. Taught in Fall, Spring, and Summer. Research in Plant Pathology for the M.S. degree. Taught in Fall, Spring, and Summer. Work is offered in each of the major pathogen groups, genetics of plant-microbe interactions, disease physiology, ecology, and epidemiology.