Description
PLSC 140
People & Plants: Feast or Famine
Dr. Tom Evans
| Unit # | Reading | |
1 & 2 |
The Irish Potato Famine and the Birth of Plant Pathology | |
3 & 4 |
Introduction to the Fungi and Their Life Cycles |
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5 |
Pathogens and Quarantines |
|
6 |
Bacteria |
|
7 |
Genes and Genetic Engineering |
|
8 |
Plant Disease Epidemics and Their Management |
|
9 |
Pesticides |
|
10 |
Soil, The Rhizosphere, and Soilborne Pathogens |
|
11 |
Fungi in Food: Natural Poisons and Gourmet Delicacies |
|
12 |
Rusts |
|
13 |
Dying Trees and Parasitic Plants |
|
14 |
Viruses and More Recently Discovered Pathogens |
|
15 |
Environmental Diseases and Problems |
|
16 |
Plant Diseases in a Hungry World |