Plant Pathology: Academic Programs: Courses / Syllabi

PATH 6350 - Plant Virology

Nature of plant viruses, replication and gene expression, movement and host range, purification, serology, control, and resistance.

Instructor -   Mike Deom
Credit Hours - 3 (Three lectures per week)
Course Offered - Fall semester of odd-numbered years

Prerequisite:

PATH 3530-3530L and PBIO(CRSS)(BIOL) 4500/6500

Course description:

Nature of plant viruses, replication and gene expression, movement and host range, purification, serology, control, and resistance.

Course Objective:

Students are expected to have a general understanding of plant virology. This includes understanding the diversity of plant virus groups and plant responses to viral infections, viral infection cycles and the underlying molecular events of the cycles, viral replication and gene expression strategies, virus movement and spread, plant resistance to viruses (natural and genetically engineered) and virus ecology/epidemiology used to design plant virus management programs.

Topical Outline:

What is a virus? Symptomology
Virus composition
Architecture and Assembly
Taxonomy
Genome Similarities
Disassembly
RNA Replication: Initial Events
Replication
Gene Expression
Regulation of Gene Expression
Cell-to-cell Movement
Long-Distance Movement
Host Range
Transmission
Virus-host interaction
Molecular Based Control Strategies Against Viral Diseases
Pathogen-derived resistance
Resistance genes
Epidemiology
Virus evolution
Viroids
Satellite Viruses
Satellite RNAs

UNIVERSITY HONOR CODE AND ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY

Students can use all sources of information outside of class for studying for exams. All term papers, grant proposals and oral presentations must be original work and can not result from purchased term papers, grant proposals or written outlines for oral presentations. All academic work must meet the standards contained in "A Culture of Honesty". Each student is responsible to inform themselves about those standards before performing and academic work.