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Plant Disease Management Simulations
Lessons and simulations appropriate
for advanced plant pathology courses as well as continuing education for
plant health professionals.
Exercises appropriate for students in courses that assume a basic background in plant pathology.
Topics
in Plant Pathology
Presentations on topics appropriate
for advanced plant pathology courses as well as continuing education for
plant health professionals.
Selected APSnet Feature Articles by pathogen group
Fungi and fungallike organisms
- Black Sigatoka of Banana: The Most Important Disease of a Most Important Fruit
- Bunts and Smuts Revisited: Has the Air Been Cleared?
- The Christmas Tree: Traditions, Production, and Diseases
- Flora W. Patterson: The First Woman Mycologist at the USDA
- Genetically Modified, Insect Resistant Maize: Implications for Management of Ear and Stalk Diseases
- Return of an Old Problem: Fusarium Head Blight of Small Grains
- Snow Mold-Plant-Antagonist Interactions: Survival of the Fittest under the Snow
Nematodes
Bacteria and other prokaryotes
- Antibiotic use for plant disease management in the United States
- Burkholderia cepacia: Friend or Foe?
- Citrus Canker: The Pathogen and Its Impact
- Phytoplasma Casts a Magic Spell that Turns the Fair Poinsettia into a Christmas Showpiece
- Recent Trends in Microbiological Safety of Fruits and Vegetables
Viruses
- 1898 - The Beginning of Virology ... time marches on
- Transgenic Virus Resistant Papaya: New Hope for Controlling Papaya Ringspot Virus in Hawaii
Selected APSnet Feature Articles by general subject
Biological Control
- Biological control of plant pathogens: Research, commercialization, and application in the USA.
- Burkholderia cepacia: Friend or Foe?
- Snow Mold-Plant-Antagonist Interactions: Survival of the Fittest under the Snow
Chemical Control
Genomics and Genetic Engineering
- Beyond Jurassic Park: Real Science with Ancient DNA
- Can Risk Analysis “Colorize” the Black and White of Transgenic Crops?
- Genetically Modified, Insect Resistant Maize: Implications for Management of Ear and Stalk Diseases
- Implications of sequencing the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans genome for plant nematology
- Transgenic Virus Resistant Papaya: New Hope for Controlling Papaya Ringspot Virus in Hawaii
History
- Beyond Jurassic Park: Real Science with Ancient DNA
- The Christmas Tree: Traditions, Production, and Diseases
- Effie A. Southworth, First Woman Plant Pathologist Hired at USDA
- Flora W. Patterson: The First Woman Mycologist at the USDA
- 1898 - The Beginning of Virology ... time marches on
Tropical Diseases and the World Food Supply
- Black Sigatoka of Banana: The Most Important Disease of a Most Important Fruit
- Citrus Canker: The Pathogen and Its Impact
- The Future World Food Situation and the Role of Plant Diseases
- Transgenic Virus Resistant Papaya: New Hope for Controlling Papaya Ringspot Virus in Hawaii
Online
Courses in Plant Pathology
Online courses on topics for
plant pathology students and other plant health professionals.
Illustrated
Glossary
Definitions of commonly used terms related
to plants and plant pathology written for students and instructors with
a background in biology. Click on the image icon to see a photograph or
drawing of the term. To
purchase a CD-rom version of plant disease lessons and an illustrated
glossary, click
here.
Resource
Catalog
Annotated resources for students
and instructors including articles, books, video, slide sets, websites,
and additional items.
Career resources and job announcements. General information about careers in plant pathology, a workshop providing advice on how to pursue careers in nontraditional settings, and announcements of specific job openings.
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