New Materials
in the APSnet Education Center

IN THE INTRODUCTORY PLANT PATHOLOGY SECTION
http://www.apsnet.org/education/IntroPlantPath/Top.html

A disease lesson on Sudden oak death and ramorum blight, by Jennifer L. Parke and Sunny Lucas, http://www.apsnet.org/education/LessonsPlantPath/SuddenOakDeath/default.htm

A disease lesson on Soybean Rust, by John Rupe and Layla Sconyers, http://www.apsnet.org/education/LessonsPlantPath/sbrust/default.htm

An Introductory Topics article on An overview of plant defenses against pathogens and herbivores, by B.C. Freeman and G.A. Beattie, http://www.apsnet.org/education/IntroPlantPath/Topics/plantdefenses/

A Spanish translation of Introduction to plant viruses, the invisible foe (Introducción a los Virus Vegetales, el Enemigo Invisible), translated by Silvinia Giamarria, http://www.apsnet.org/education/IntroPlantPath/PathogenGroups/PlantVirusEspanol/default.htm

A Spanish translation of Ergot (Cornezuelo del centeno), translated by Eduardo Gallego & José Sánchez, http://www.apsnet.org/education/LessonsPlantPath/ErgotEspanol/default.htm

IN THE ADVANCED PLANT PATHOLOGY TOPICS SECTION
http://www.apsnet.org/education/AdvancedPlantPath/Topics/Top.html

Ecology and epidemiology in R: Disease progress over time, by A. H. Sparks, P. D. Esker, M. Bates, W. Dall' Acqua, Z. Guo, V. Segovia, S. D. Silwal, S. Tolos, and K. A. Garrett, http://www.apsnet.org/education/AdvancedPlantPath/Topics/RModules/Doc1/

Ecology and epidemiology in R: Spatial analysis, by A. H. Sparks, P. D. Esker, G. Antony, L. Campbell, E. E. Frank, L. Huebel, M. N. Rouse, B. Van Allen, and K. A. Garrett, http://www.apsnet.org/education/AdvancedPlantPath/Topics/RModules/Doc3/

Ecology and epidemiology in R: Disease forecasting, by P. D. Esker, A. H. Sparks, L. Campbell, Z. Guo, M. N. Rouse, S. D. Silwal, S. Tolos, B. Van Allen, and K. A. Garrett, http://www.apsnet.org/education/AdvancedPlantPath/Topics/RModules/Doc4/

IN THE K-12 SECTION
http://www.apsnet.org/education/K-12PlantPathways/Top.html

Classroom Activities in Plant Biotechnology, by Janice Stephens, a series of 8 lab activities for K-12 school audiences, http://www.apsnet.org/education/K-12PlantPathways/TeachersGuide/Activities/PlantBiotechnology/default.htm

K-12 News and Views:
Plant Pathology - Helping Plants Become Healthier and Improving Incomes for Farmers in Tasmania!, by Sarah Pethybridge http://www.apsnet.org/education/K-12PlantPathways/NewsViews/Top.html

RESOURCE CATALOGS
There are resource catalogs of websites, articles, videos, and other instructional materials related to plant pathology for the K-12, Introductory, and Advanced sections. If you have items to contribute, please email them to abaudoin@vt.edu. Help us improve these convenient collections of valuable teaching materials.

LEARNING PLANT PATHOLOGY CD-Rom
Proceeds support the publication of new materials in the free APSnet Education Center. CD-Roms are available for $15.00 each (in packets of 10, http://www.shopapspress.org/learplancdro.html) for use by students or classrooms without fast or available internet access or as a multi-user version for $100. http://www.shopapspress.org/learplanpatc.html
The annually updated CD includes all disease lessons, the introductory topics and labs, the K-12 labs, and the illustrated glossary. K-12 teachers can order single copies of the CD-Rom through the K-12 section of the website (http://www.apsnet.org/education/K-12PlantPathways/CDRom.html). All others should purchase them through the APS Press bookstore or ask your campus bookstore to order them for your students.

5-YEAR REVIEWS
You can be confident that information in the APSnet Education Center is up-to-date. All materials will be reviewed and revised as needed every five years. Look for the Revision date near the citation.

SUPPORTERS
Please consider contributing a publication to the APSnet Education Center. Publications are peer-reviewed and receive a citation in The Plant Health Instructor. Donations to support this free site are welcome. You may contribute to the Mathre Education Endowment of the APS Foundation or directly to this year's Education Center budget. See the article in the November, 2003 issue of Phytopathology News for details. http://www.apsnet.org/members/phyto/2003/11/110103.pdf
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http://www.apsnet.org/education/supporters.html

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All of the materials in the APSnet Education Center are freely accessible for your classes and for teaching outreach. The Introductory and Advanced Plant Pathology materials might be of interest to your colleagues in biology, microbiology and other agricultural science departments at your institution.