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PLPA 620

Plant Pathology

Credit Hours: 3 with laboratory

Instructors: Dr. Karen-Beth G. Scholthof and Dr. Herman Scholthof

Course Description:
The emphasis is on the molecular biology of host-virus interactions; topics will include virus replication, gene expression, movement, symptoms, transmission, and control; current literature and techniques important to virology will be presented.

Requirements:
Although there are no strict course requirements, a general knowledge of genetics and molecular biology is expected.

Course Evaluation:
Midterm: 25%
Final: 35%
Lab Report: 15%
Papers/Discussion: 25%

Topics Covered
Nomenclature, Classification, Structure
Disease and Symptoms
History of Plant Virology
Introduction to Viral Strategies
Single Stranded DNA Viruses
Techniques and Methods
Negative-sense and Ambisense RNA Viruses
Positive-sense RNA Viruses with Subgenomic RNAs
Double Stranded DNA Viruses
RNA Viruses with Polyproteins
Double Stranded RNA Viruses
Closteroviruses
Satellites and Satellite Viruses
Defective RNAs and viroids
Fungal and Algal Viruses
Prions
Comparative Analyses-Evolution
Replication
Transcription and Translation
Cell-to-Cell Movement
Symptoms
Spread and Transmission
Ecology and Control
Resistance
Synergisms
Co-Suppression Suppression
Viruses as Tools
 

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