Plant Disease Resistance
Plant Disease Resistance covers conceptual and applied aspects of host resistance, including mechanisms, failure modes, and traditional/modern techniques for evaluating resistance and breeding new varieties.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.77 GPA, 81.8% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.38 GPA, 62.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Discuss our current understanding of plant disease resistance at multiple levels (e.g., organismal, genetic, in field vs. controlled environments, molecular mechanisms).
Outline standard and modern approaches to plant disease resistance breeding.
Critically evaluate research papers from the peer-reviewed science literature.
Articulate concepts related to plant disease resistance with professional proficiency in both verbal and written forms.
Facilitate an in-depth discussion of a case study concerning use of recent scientific discoveries in breeding for plant disease resistance.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapPL PATH 300,GENETICS 466, 468,PLANTSCI 338 or AGRONOMY 338 prior to Fall 2025,PLANTSCI 501 or AGRONOMY 501 prior to Fall 2025, or graduate/professional standing
- PLPATH 300
- GENETICS 466
- GENETICS 468
- PLANTSCI 338
- AGRONOMY 338
- PLANTSCI 501
- AGRONOMY 501
- graduate/professional standing
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- PLPATH 300
- GENETICS 466
- GENETICS 468
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- PLANTSCI 338
- AGRONOMY 338
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- PLANTSCI 501
- AGRONOMY 501
- graduate/professional standing
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.77 GPA, 81.8% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.38 GPA, 62.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
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Topics
- Mechanisms of host resistance and reasons for its failure.
- Traditional and modern techniques for evaluating host resistance.
- Incorporating resistance factors into new plant varieties.
- Resistance at organismal, genetic, field/controlled environment, and molecular levels.
Skills
- Evaluating host resistance and incorporating resistance factors into new plant varieties using traditional and modern techniques.
- Discussing plant disease resistance at organismal, genetic, environmental, and molecular levels.
- Critically evaluating peer-reviewed research papers on plant disease resistance.
- Articulating plant disease resistance concepts professionally in verbal and written forms.
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