Graduate Certificate - Graduate Courses

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Course Information
Plant Pathology

Course Description
Historical significance and development of plant pathology as a science and profession; the disease cycle; the affect of pathogens on the physiology of plants; the most current developments in the genetics of plant disease; how pathogens attack plants, and the mechanisms of plant defense and the affect of environmental factors on the development of plant disease will be taught. Additionally, plant disease epidemiology, mechanisms and treatments for the control of plant diseases and environmental factors that cause disease will be learned. Major diseases caused by fungi, prokaryotes, parasitic plants, viruses, nematodes, and flagellated protozoan; their pathogens, disease cycles, damage caused, prevention, and physical characteristics for identification will be examined.
Contacts
Instructor

Paul Twigg
Office: 308-865-8315
twiggp@unk.edu

Campus Coordinator

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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.


Textbooks

Plant Pathology 5th Edition
George Agrios
Edition: 5th edition
ISBN: 9780080473789
Publisher: Academic Press


Course Access

Canvas at UNL

UNL Graduate Studies will email students with information (student name, email, and NU ID) and instructions for accessing UNL classes. For undergraduate students in the ECEMS program, Mel Sedlacek will email students with information and instructions for accessing UNL classes. Students will claim their UNL account by setting a password and security questions. Once students claim their ID, they will be able to access their courses at https://canvas.unl.edu/. Courses may not be visible to students until the first day of class.

Please contact the UNL campus coordinator listed below with any questions.

Lisa King for Family & Community Services, Family & Consumer Sciences Education, Family Financial Planning, Youth Development, and Community Development
Mel Sedlacek for Early Care & Education
Kelly Durkin for Dietetics
Melisia Bieber for Merchandising
Melissa Sailors for Ag Systems Management & Technology, Animal Science, Food Safety & Defense, Grassland Management, Horticulture, and Quantitative Genetics & Genomics

 


Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.


Comments
eBook ISBN: 9780080473789
Hardcover ISBN: 9780120445653
University Members
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