PPA 395 INDEPENDANT STUDY IN PLANT PATHOLOGY. Independant study in Plant Pathology under the supervision of a faculty member.

PPA 400G PRINCIPLES OF PLANT PATHOLOGY. Significance, nature, causes, and methods of control of plant diseases.

PPA 410 FOREST PATHOLOGY. Symptomatology, epidemiology, host-pathogen relations and control of selected diseases of forest trees.

PPA 601 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR GENETICS. Each Spring semester, several distinguished scientists visit the campus to deliver a series of three formal lectures each and to participate in numerous informal contacts with graduate students. Emphasis is on presentation of the most current advances (often unpublished) in selected topics in molecular and cellular genetics.

PPA 609 PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY. The chemical constituents of plants, their interaction, and the regulation of their interaction in key plant metabolic systems will be studied. Included in the course will be discussions of photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation, nitrate reduction, nitrogen assimilation, plant growth and its regulation, and the structure and metabolism of constituents unique to plants.

PPA 640 IDENTIFICATION OF PLANT DISEASES. Recognition and identification of plant diseases and their causes and development. The course is designed to give each student practical experience in dealing with a wide array of plant diseases, symptom expressions, causal agents, and interactions with environmental factors encountered in the field.

PPA 652 PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGI. An advanced study of plant pathogenic fungi. A survey of the major groups of plant pathogenic fungi, including their biology, genetics, and ecology. Lecture emphasis on the relevance of plant pathogenic fungi to human affairs: laboratory emphasis on practical techniques, both modern and traditional, for answering questions of significance to plant pathogenic fungi, and for demonstration of unique aspects of the biology of fungi. Fungi of special importance to Kentucky agriculture are featured.

PPA 656 PLANT VIROLOGY. Characteristics and properties of viruses that cause plant diseases; host-virus relationships; identification and control of some important virus diseases; consideration of research methods.

PPA 660 PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS I. Biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology and cytology of interactions between plants and microorganisms. Emphasis is on the microbial mechanisms underlying pathogenesis and virulence in disease interactions, and symbiotic compatibility in mutualisms.

PPA 661 PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS II. Genetics, biochemistry and molecular biology of interactions between plants and microorganisms. Emphasis is on plant responses to microbes and mechanisms of disease resistance. Areas of study are principles of inter-organismal genetics and the gene-for-gene model, race-cultivar interactions, resistance genes and their mechanisms of action.

PPA 695 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF PLANT DISEASES. Principles of plant disease development at the population level and plant disease management by host resistance, cultural practices, chemicals, and biocontrol.

PPA 748 MASTER'S THESIS RESEARCH

PPA 749 DISSERTATION RESEARCH

PPA 768 RESIDENCE CREDIT FOR THE MASTER'S DEGREE

PPA 769 RESIDENCE CREDIT FOR THE DOCTOR'S DEGREE

PPA 770 PLANT PATHOLOGY SEMINAR

PPA 784 SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN PLANTPATHOLOGY

PPA 794 RESEARCH IN PLANT PATHOLOGY

PPA 799 TEACHING IN PLANT PATHOLOGY

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