• Reading assignment
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 3 - 25
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 4 - 27
• Download PowerPoint lecture handout
• Watch Course Lecture 1 "Introduction" (1 hour, 40 minutes)

Week 2: Importance of plant diseases

• Reading assignment
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 25 - 37
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 29 - 75
• Download PowerPoint lecture handout
• Watch Course Lecture 2 "Importance of Plant Diseases (45 minutes)
• Watch Southern Plant Diagnostic Network Case Study
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• Reading assignment
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 245 - 260
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 385 - 404
• No handout for this lecture
• Watch Course Lecture 3 "Fungal Diseases" (1 hour, 7 minutes)

Week 4: Plant diseases caused by bacteria and mollicutes & plant diseases caused by parasitic higher plants

• Reading assignment
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 407 - 416 & 453 - 470 & 471 - 478
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 615 - 627 & 705 - 722
• Download PowerPoint lecture handout
• Watch Course Lecture 4 "Bacterial Diseases" (56 minutes)

Week 5: Plant diseases caused by viruses and viroids

• Reading assignment
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 479-488
  • In Edition 5, 723 - 757
• Download PowerPoint lecture handout
• Watch Course Lecture 5 "Viral Diseases part 1" (33 minutes)

Week 6: Plant diseases caused by viruses and viroids (continued)

• Reading assignment
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 489 - 507
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 816 - 824
• Watch Course Lecture 6 "Viral Diseases part 2" (50 minutes)

Week 7: Diseases caused by nematodes

• Reading assignment
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 565 - 574
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 825 - 836 & 357 - 384 (abiotridis)
• Download PowerPoint lecture handout
• Watch Course Lecture 7 "Diseases Caused by Nematodes" (33 minutes)

Week 8: Parisitism and disease development

• Reading assignment
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 43 - 62
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 77 - 123
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• Watch Course Lecture 8 "Parasitism and Pathogenicity" (1 hour, 33 minutes)

Week 9: How pathogens attack plants

• Reading assignment
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 63 - 82
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 175 - 248
• No PowerPoint lecture handout for this lecture
• Watch Course Lecture 9 "How Pathogens Attack Plants" (1 hour, 3 minutes)

Week 10: Genetics of plant diseases

• Reading assignment
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 115 - 141
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 124 - 174
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• Watch Course Lecture 10 "Genetics and Plant Diseases" (42 minutes)

Week 11: Effects of environment on infectious disease & plant disease epidemiology

• Reading assignment
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 143 - 172
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 249 - 291
• Download PowerPoint lecture handout
• Watch Course Lecture 11 "Effects of the Environment on Infectious Diseases" (44 minutes)

Week 12: Control of plant diseases

• Reading assignment
  • In Edition 4, pgs. 173 - 219
  • In Edition 5, pgs. 293 - 353
• Download PowerPoint lecture handout
• Watch Course Lecture 12 "Control of Plant Diseases" (1 hour, 4 minutes)