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Plant Pathology (PPATH)

PPATH 120 (GN) The Fungal Jungle: A Mycological Safari From Truffles to Slime Molds (3) Students will learn about the world of fungi and the many ways it impacts their lives.
Effective: Spring 2007
 

PPATH 296 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

PPATH 297 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

PPATH 300 (GN) Horticultural Crop Diseases (3) Diseases of horticultural crops are examined stressing their cause, diagnosis, control and national and international importance.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: 3 credits in a biological science  

PPATH 318 Diseases of Forest and Shade Trees (2) Introduction to diagnosis and control of forest and shade tree diseases.
Effective: Fall 1999
 

PPATH 397 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 2005
 

PPATH 405 Microbe-Plant Interactions: Plant Disease and Biological Control (3) Survey of microbe-plant interactions causing plant disease, mechanisms of pathogenesis, disease control, and microbial and molecular biological control strategies.
Effective: Spring 1999
Prerequisite: BIOL 110  

PPATH 412 Turfgrass Disease Management (3) Introduction to biology of turfgrass pathogens and management of cool- and warn-season turfgrass disease.
Effective: Spring 2008
Prerequisite: TURF 230, TURF 235, CHEM 101 orCHEM 110, BIOL 127  

PPATH 416 Plant Virology: Molecules to Populations (3) A exploration of the molecular biology and population dynamics of the virus-plant interaction.
Effective: Fall 2005
Prerequisite: BIOL 110, BIOL 120  

PPATH 417 Phytobacteriology (3) Lecture and lab coverage of how bacteria cause plant diseases.
Effective: Fall 2009
Prerequisite: BIOL 110;BIOL 222 orBIOL 322;B M B 211 orMICRB 201 orMICRB 251 orB M B 251  

PPATH 419 Plant Nematology (2) The biology of plant pathogenic nematodes, the diseases they cause, and their control.
Effective: Fall 2009
Prerequisite: BIOL 110, BIOL 120  

PPATH 425 (BIOL 425) Biology of Fungi (4) A survey of the biological diversity of fungi, stressing evolution, ecology, disease, morphology, life histories, and importance to humans.
Effective: Spring 2002
Prerequisite: fifth-semester or graduate standing in a biological sciences major with six credits completed in the major  

PPATH 427 Mycotoxins: Effects of Fungal Toxins on Human and Animal Health (3) Description and history of mycotoxicoses. Mycotoxin formation, occurrence, control, economic and social impacts, and regulatory issues.
Effective: Summer 2007
Prerequisite: BIOL 110 orBIOL 011 andBIOL 012;CHEM 112, CHEM 113 ; course can also be taken with approval of the department  

PPATH 430 (E R M 430) Air Pollution Impacts to Terrestrial Ecosystems (3) An overview of direct and indirect effects of air pollution on terrestrial plants and ecosystems.
Effective: Summer 2004
Prerequisite: BIOL 220W, FOR 308  

PPATH 457 (AGECO 457, AGRO 457, ENT 457) Principles of Integrated Pest Management (3) Integrated study of pest complexes and their management, emphasizing ecological principles drawing on examples from a range of agricultural, forestry and urban systems. This course is designed for sixth, seventh, and eighth semester students and graduate students.
Effective: Spring 2007 Ending: Fall 2009
Prerequisite: Must take two or more of the following:ENT 313 and/orPPATH 405 and/orPPATH 318 and/orHORT 238 or permission of program  

PPATH 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

PPATH 497 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

PPATH 497A Biology of Plant Pathogenic Fungi & Symbionts (2) Study rules of nomenclature relevant to plant pathologists and work hands-on with major groups of fungal plant pathogens.
Effective: Fall 2009 Ending: Fall 2009
 

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