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Peer-reviewed teaching articles
from The Plant Health Instructor

Writing Teaching Documents as a Class Project.
Karen A. Garrett¹, Paul D. Esker¹, Adam H. Sparks¹, and Lawrence C. Scharmann^2
1Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
²Department of Secondary Education, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA

The Plant Disease Doughnut, a Simple Graphic to Explain what is Disease and what is a Pathogen.
Anton B.A.M. Baudoin. Dept. of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Effective Use of a Personal Response System in a General Education Plant Pathology Class.
D'Arcy, C.J.¹, Eastburn, D.M.¹, Mullally, K.², ¹Department of Crop Sciences and ²Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Disease Triangle: A plant pathological paradigm revisited. Francl, L. J., Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University

An Inquiry-Based Approach to Teaching Disease Cycles. Paul Vincelli, University of Kentucky.

Plant Disease Notebook assignment offers students a way to customize a course. Anton B.A.M. Baudoin, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

PPP: Plants, Pathogens, and People A Web Site to Improve Student Awareness of Agriculture. Cleora J. D’Arcy, Darin M. Eastburn and Bertram C. Bruce, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Is Asynchronous Teaching And Learning Worth It For You? Top Ten Take-Home Lessons On Starting An Online Course. C. R. Curtis, The Ohio State University, Columbus

Teaching the art and science of plant disease diagnosis: Training students with DIAGNOSIS for Crop Problems.
Terry M. Stewart, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Case Studies

Worms in the Grass: A case study concerning the extraction and identification of plant-parasitic nematodes. Riley, M.B. and P. Agudelo, Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences, Clemson University

Ineffective Fungicides: A case study on problems in selection and use of fungicides for disease management. Riley, M.B., Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences, Clemson University

Hosta Takeover: A Plant Disease Management Case Study. Edmunds, B.A., P.H. Flynn, and M.L. Gleason

Naughty Peat: A case study in plant pathology, with emphasis on Koch's Postulates and disease etiology. Mathre, D. E. and W. E. Grey, Montana State University

Other peer-reviewed plant pathology teaching articles. Please contact Anton Baudoin, Editor-in-Chief, at (abaudoin@vt.edu) to add to this list.

Designing and using world wide web study pages to support student learning outside of the classroom.
Partridge, J.E, and L. Osborne. 1999. This article was peer-reviewed and published by NACTA Journal 43:43-46. Click here to read the article.

Plant Pathology Courses for Agricultural Awareness.Schumann, Schumann, G.L. and C. J. D’Arcy. Publication no. D-1999-0319-01F. This article was peer reviewed and published by Plant Disease, Vol. 83, pp. 492-501. Click here to download this feature article (PDF format).

Innovations in Plant Pathology Teaching.
Schumann, G.L. 2003. This article was peer-reviewed and published by the Annual Review of Phytopathology 41:377-98. Click here to download this review (PDF format).