PPWS 6004: Epidemiology of Plant Diseases
Equivalent to the Epidemiology section of PPWS 5404: Genetic and Epidemiological Aspects of Plant Pathology.
- Semester: when demand justifies.
- Prerequisites: None
- Instructor: Dr. Anton Baudoin
The study of plant disease in populations, of environmental factors that influence the amount and distribution of disease in populations, and of rates of change in the amount of disease in time, in space, or both.
Course is primarily designed for plant pathology majors and those interested in in-depth study of epidemiology of plant diseases. It combines theory and practical aspects.
- Introduction; definition and scope of epidemiology, historical development; terminology
- Quantitative plant pathology: measurement of host, pathogen, environment, and disease
- Pathogen monitoring
- quantifying populations of propagules
- sampling of soil, leaves, etc.; assay
- air sampling for spores
- Host monitoring
- biomass and leaf area
- developmental stages
- Disease measurement
- Refinements by adding latent and infectious period
- Monocyclic disease -- monomolecular model
- Other growth curves; Gompertz, Richards, etc.
- Implications of models for designing disease control strategies
- Madden, L. V., G. Hughes, and F. van den Bosch. 2007. The Study of Plant Disease Epidemics. APS Press, St. Paul, MN.
May also be useful:
- Campbell, C. L. and L. V. Madden 1990. Introduction to Plant Disease Epidemiology. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY. 532 pp.
- Zadoks, J. C. & R. D. Schein 1979. Epidemiology and Plant Disease Management. Oxford University Press. 427 pp.