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​General Plant Pathology Course Topic Guide

​​​Disease Names​​Disease Images​​Illustrated Glossary​

​Plant Disease Concept

• What is plant disease? [Glossary]
  
• Disease triangle [Glossary] [Image]
  
• The Disease Triangle: A plant pathological paradigm revisited.
• Disease pyramid [Glossary] [Image]
• Disease "doughnut"
• The plant disease doughnut, a simple graphic to explain what is disease and what is a pathogen.
• Disease cycles [Glossary]
• An inquiry-based approach to teaching disease cycles.

Introduction to bacteria

• What are bacteria? [Glossary] [Image]
• Introduction to bacteria

Bacterial diseases

• Bacterial disease lessons
• Case studies
• Feature articles

Introduction to viruses

• What are viruses? [Glossary] [Image]
• Introduction to viruses

Virus diseases

• Virus disease lessons
• Lab exercises
• Case studies
• Feature articles

Introduction to nematodes

• What are nematodes? [Glossary] [Image]
  
• Introduction to nematodes

Nematode diseases

• Nematode disease lessons
• Lab exercises
• Establishment and maintenance of a hydroponics system for rearing of the northern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne hapla) second stage juveniles.
• Case studies
• Feature articles

Parasitic seed plants

• Introduction to parasitic plants
• Plant disease lessons
• Feature articles

Abiotic plant disorders

• Abiotic [glossary]
• Introductory material
• Feature articles

Oomycetes

• What are oomycetes? [glossary]
• Introduction to oomycetes
• Oomycete disease lessons
• Lab exercises
• Simulations

Fungal-like organisms

• Plant disease lessons
• Feature articles

Intro to fungi

• What are fungi? [glossary]
• Introductory material
• Zygomycetes
• What are zygomycetes? [glossary]
• Ascomycetes
• What are ascomycetes? [glossary]
• Ascomycete disease lessons
• Lab exercises
• Case studies
• Simulations
• Feature articles
• Basidiomycetes
• What are basidiomycetes? [glossary]
• Basidiomycete disease lessons
• Feature articles

Epidemiology

• Introduction to plant disease epidemiology [Spanish] [Portuguese]
• Ecology and epidemiology in R
• Simulation modeling in botanical epidemiology and crop loss analysis
• ​Introduction to Bayesian analysis of phytopathological data using SAS

Disease physiology

• Overview of plant defenses

Disease contr​ol [English]​ [Spanish] [Chinese]​