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 PLSC 140

People & Plants: Feast or Famine

 Dr. Tom Evans

                                                                                                        

Unit #    Reading  

1 & 2

The Irish Potato Famine and the Birth of Plant Pathology

Ch 1

3 & 4

Introduction to the Fungi and Their Life Cycles

Ch 2

5

Pathogens and Quarantines

Ch 3

6

Bacteria

Ch 4

7

Genes and Genetic Engineering

Ch 5

8

Plant Disease Epidemics and Their Management

Ch 6

9

Pesticides

Ch 7

10

Soil, The Rhizosphere, and Soilborne Pathogens

Ch 8

11

Fungi in Food:  Natural Poisons and Gourmet Delicacies

Ch 9

12

Rusts

Ch 10

13

Dying Trees and Parasitic Plants

Ch 11

14

Viruses and More Recently Discovered Pathogens

Ch 12

15

Environmental Diseases and Problems

Ch 13

16

Plant Diseases in a Hungry World

Ch 14