Plant Disease Diagnostics and Quantification.

Catalog description

Class lectures describe the classical and modern techniques that are used to diagnose and quantify plant diseases in farmer fields as well as under controlled environments . The main techniques include disease symptom and sign-based diagnostics, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), microscopic examinations, nucleic acid (DNA/RNA) based detection and next-generation sequencing. Students are required to submit a term paper at the end of the course. The course involves critical discussion on the application of techniques, methodology, data collection, and analysis. Prereq: PPTH 447 . Dual-listing: PPTH 648 .