Oklahoma State University


Dr. Carla Garzón
209C NRC, 744-9947
carla.garzon@okstate.edu
Dr. Stephen Marek
311D NRC, 744-3090
stephen.marek@okstate.edu


Syllabus & Schedule:


PLP3343/5343  -  'Principles of Plant Pathology'

Assessment quizzes:


PRE-Quiz - due midnight Monday Aug. 17 2009. Submit to Mike Brown by e-mail (michael.brown10@okstate.edu).

Labs:


1:  Microscopes and media

2:  Koch's Postulates and Isolation of Microbes from Plants

3:  Field Trip to Plant Pathology Farm

4:  Field Trip follow-up
4:  Plant Disease Diagnostics
4:  PDIDL General Plant Disease form
4:  PDIDL Turf Disease form

5:  Bacterial Diseases
5:  Bacterial Gram Stain
5:  Slide show

6:  Oomycetes
6:  HR Bacteria-Oomycetes table

7:  Oomycetes (cont'd), Fungus-like Protists, Chytrids, and Powdery Mildews
7:  Powdery Mildew ID

8:  Tan Spot of Wheat, Dutch Elm Disease, and Sclerotia-forming fungi causing peanut rots

9:  Smuts, Rusts, and Rots

10:  Parasitic Plants and Plant Virus Symptoms and Diagnostics
10:  Slide show

11: Plant-parasitic Nematodes

12: Plant Disease Forecasting Systems

Links:


General Plant Pathology Websites:

American Phytopathological Society (APS)
APS Education
Digital Diagnostics @ OSU
History Timeline of Plant Pathology
On-Line Glossary of Plant Pathology Technical Terms
OSU Entomology and Plant Pathology Department
OSU Plant Disease and Insect Diagnostic Laboratory
Plant Disease Forecasting Systems
PestTracker - National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS)
Plant Management Network International - Plant Health Progress
UC IPM
USDA Soybean Rust

Bacteria:

APS Bacteriology Committee
BIOLOG - Mirobial ID and Characterization
List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature
MIDI - Rapid Microbial Identification Solutions

Fungi:

Anateleo - anamorph-teleomorph query
British Mycological Society (BMS)
Bryce Kendrick's The Fifth Kingdom
CBS Culture Collection Databases
Fungal Genetics Stockcenter
Index Fungorum
Mycological Society of America (MSA)
Tom Volk's Fungi
USDA-ARS SBML Fungal databases - Fungus-Host Distributions
USDA-ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory (SBML)
WWW Virtual Library Mycology Links

Parasitic Plants:

The Parasitic Plant Connection
Parasitic Flowering Plants

Nematodes:

General Plant Nematode Information
Plant and Insect Parasitic Nematodes (UNL)

Viruses:

Agdia - Diagnostic tests for bacteria and viruses
All the virology on the WWW
Plant Viruses Online
The Big Picture Book of Viruses
Virus World

Pesticides and GMOs:

AGBIOS database of released GMOs
APHIS database of GMO releases CDMS - Ag Chem Information Services
Chemicals and Biological Agents for Plant Disease Control: Listing of Common and Chemical Names (with Trade Names)
FRAC - Fungicide Resistance Action Committee
Index of pesticide chemicals
Modes of Action for Plant Disease Management Chemistries
OSU - Pesticide Safety Education Program
Pesticide Management Education Program