Week 1: Symptoms and signs of plant diseases

• No textbook readings or handout
• Watch Lab Lecture 1 "Symptoms and signs of plant disease" (1hour, 27 minutes)
• Watch Indian Hawthorne Case Study (10 minutes)

Week 2: Postharvest diseases

• Reading assignment
  • Aspergillus & Penicillium spp.
    • In Edition 4 - pgs. 364 - 366
    • In Edition 5 - pgs. 556 - 561
  Rhizopus, Mucor, and Choanephora
  • In Edition 4 - pgs. 283 - 286
  • In Edition 5 - pgs. 434 - 435
  • Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
  • In Edition 4 - pgs. 355 - 358
  In Edition 5 - pgs. 546 - 552
  • Monilinia fructicola
    • In Edition 4 - pgs. 336 - 339
    • In Edition 5 - pgs. 507 - 510
  • Erwinia carotovora pv. carotova
    • In Edition 4 - pgs. 434 - 438
    • In Edition 5 - pgs. 656 - 662
• Download PowerPoint lecture handouts - part A and part B
• Watch Lab Lecture 2 "Postharvest Diseases" (59 minutes)
• Complete Mission Yuck lab kit

Week 3: Seedling blights & Plasmodiophoromycete diseases

• Reading assignment
• Pythium spp.
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 266 - 270
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 410 - 414
• Rhizoctonia solani
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 390 - 395
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 594 - 599
• Plasmodiophora brassicae
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 263 - 266
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 407 - 409
• Download PowerPoint lecture handouts - part A and part B
• Watch Lab Lecture 3 "Seedling Blights and Diseases" (1 hour, 27 minutes)
• Watch Periwinkle Peril Case Study (20 minutes)

• Reading assignment
• Phytophthora parasitica
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 270 - 274
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 414 - 421
• Sclerotium rolfsii
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 395 - 396
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 599 - 602
• Phytophthora infestans
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 276 - 277
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 421 - 427
• Download PowerPoint lecture handouts - part A and part B
• Watch Lab Lecture 4 "Rots of roots and stem cankers" (1 hour, 27 minutes)
• Complete Mission Icy Hot lab kit
• Watch Sudden Oak Death Case Study (coming soon)

• Reading assignment
  • Wilt caused by forma speciali of Fusarium oxysporum
    • In Edition 4, pgs. 343 - 346
    • In Edition 5, pgs. 523 - 526
• Wilt caused by Verticillium spp.
  • In Edition 4, pg. 346
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 526 - 528
• Dutch elm disease caused by Ophiostoma ulmi
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 346 - 350
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 528 - 532
• Chestnut blight caused by Cryphonectria parasitica
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 317 - 319
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 476 - 479
• Cucumber wilt caused by Erwinia tracheiphila
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 424 - 426
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 639 - 641
• Southern wilt caused by Ralstonia (Pseudomonas) solanacearum
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 431 - 433
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 647 - 649
• Download PowerPoint lecture handouts - part A and part B
• Watch Lab Lecture 5 "Vascular Wilt Diseases and Stem Cankers" (1 hour, 4 minutes)
• Watch Citrus Canker Case Study (20 minutes)

• Reading assignment
• Alternaria spp.
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 300 - 302
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 453 - 456
• Cercospora spp.
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 309 - 310
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 463
• Cochliobolus and Pyrenophora diseases
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 310 - 317
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 466 - 473
• Guignardia bidwellii
  • In Edition 4, pg. 304
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 514 - 516
• Botrytis spp.
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 339 - 342
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 510 - 514
• Xanthomonas campestris
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 433 - 434
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 633 - 635
• Download PowerPoint lecture handouts - part A and part B
• Watch Lab Lecture 6 "Leaf Spots" (48 mnutes)
• Complete Mission Ooze lab kit

• Reading assignment
  • Venturia inaequalis
    • In Edition 4, pgs. 334 - 336
  In Edition 5, pgs. 504 - 507
• Monilinia fruticola
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 336 - 339
• In Edition 5, pgs. 507 - 510
• Colletotrichum and other anthracnoses
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 329 - 331
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 487 - 498
• Diplocarpon rosae
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 324 - 325
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 485 - 486
• Download PowrPoint lecture handouts - part A and part B
• Watch Lab Lecture 7 "Fruit Diseases and Anthracnoses" (1 hour, 12 minutes)
• Watch Crinum Lily Case Study (5 minutes) and Orchid Viruses Case Study (19 minutes)

• Reading assignment
  • tobacco mosaic
    • In Edition 4, pgs. 508 - 510
    • In Edition 5, pgs. 757 - 758
  • potyviruses, including dasheen mosaic
    • In Edition 4, pgs. 513 - 519
    • In Edition 5, pgs. 764 - 773
  • citrus tristeza
    • In Edition 4, pgs. 519 - 521
    • In Edition 5, pgs. 774 - 777
  • geminiviruses, including tomato leaf curl
    • In Edition 4, pgs. 547 - 554
    • In Edition 5, pgs. 805 - 813
  • tomato spotted wilt
    • In Edition 4, pgs. 539 - 549
    • In Edition 5, pgs. 795 - 799
  • tobravirus esp. tobacco rattle in Florida
    • In Edition 4, pg. 510
    • In Edition 5, pgs. 758 - 761
• Download PowrPoint lecture handouts - part A and part B
• Watch Lab Lecture 8 "Viral Diseases" (1 hour, 33 minutes)
• Complete Mission Virulent lab kit

Week 9: Downy mildews, powdery mildews, and sooty molds

• Reading assignment
  • sooty molds
    • In Edition 4, pgs. 289 - 292
    • In Edition 5, pgs. 440 - 445
• Phyllactinia and other powdery mildews
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 295 - 298
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 448 - 452
• Plasmopara viticola and other downy mildews
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 278 - 283
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 428 - 433
• Download PowerPoint lecture handouts - part A and part B
• Watch Lab Lecture 9 "Downy and Powdery Mildews" (1 hour, 3 minutes)

• Reading assignment
• Meloidogne
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 574 - 576
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 838 - 842
• Heterodera
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 577 - 580
• In Edition 5, pgs. 842 - 848
• Pratylenchus
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 581 - 583
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 849 - 853
• Radopholus
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 583 - 584
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 853 - 858
• Trichodorus
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 596 - 597
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 863 - 864
• Download PowerPoint lecture handouts - part A and part B
• Watch Lab Lecture 10 "Nematodes" (43 minutes)
• Complete Mission Nema lab kit
• Watch Fig Rook Knot Case Study, part 1 (12 minutes) and part 2 (17 minutes)

Week 11: Rusts, smuts, and leaf curls

• Reading assignment
• Note: Pay special attention to the following rusts and smuts:
  • Puccinia graminis
    • In Edition 4, pgs. 368 - 389
• In Edition 5, pgs. 565 - 571
• Cronartium and especially Cronartium quercuum
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 368 - 389
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 580 - 582
• Bean, coffee, cedar-apple rust
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 368 - 389
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 571- 580
• Ustilago maydis
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 368 - 389
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 583 - 587
• Tilletia spp.
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 368 - 389
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 588 - 593
• Taphrina
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 293 - 295
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 445 - 447
• Download PowerPoint lecture handouts - part A and part B and part C
• Watch Lab Lecture 11 "Rusts, Smuts, and Leaf Curl" (2 hours)
• Watch Peanut Leafspot / Rust Case Study (24 minutes)
• Watch Soybean Rust Case Study (coming soon)

• Reading assignment
  • Erwinia amylovora
    • In Edition 4, pgs. 427 - 429
    • In Edition 5, pgs. 641 - 647
• Pseudomonas syringae tabaci
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 417 - 418
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 628 - 629
• bacterial blights of bean
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 418 - 419
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 629 - 630
• galls and Agrobacterium tumefaciens
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 438 - 441
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 662 - 667
• Rhizobium
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 451 - 453
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 675 - 678
• citrus canker
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 445 - 449
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 671 - 674
• Xylella, especially Pierce's disease
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 453 - 456
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 678 - 681
• aster yellows and phytoplasmas, especially lethal yellow
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 462 - 465
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 687 - 694
• corn stunt
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 469 - 470
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 701 - 703
• Downoad PowerPoint lecture handouts - part A and part B
• Watch Lab Lecture 12 "Bacterial Diseases" (1 hour, 44 minutes)
• Complete Mission Spore Wars lab kit