Fastidious Bacteria and Plant Diseases | PLP 6245
3 Credits
This advanced graduate course explores in depth explanations of the complicated and varied cycles of plant diseases caused by insect transmitted, vascular-colonizing fastidious bacteria including mollicutes, ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’, and Xylella fastidiosa, including their classification, biology, symptomatology, epidemiology, transmission, plant responses, insect-vector interactions, and management strategies.
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Snapshot
Learning Objective
- Define and recognize plant diseases caused by vascular-colonizing fastidious bacteria.
- Categorize and characterize the classification of vascular-colonizing fastidious bacteria.
- Recall and explain the plant responses to vascular-colonizing fastidious bacteria.
- Differentiate and illustrate the disease components associated with insect
transmission modes of plant bacterial pathogens.
- Discuss the role of insect vector biology and behavioral ecology in the spread of vector-borne diseases.
- Evaluate and propose potential control strategies to disrupt insect transmission and/or plant colonization.
Learning Modules
- Characterization of fastidious vascularcolonizing plant pathogenic bacteria.
- Diseases caused by spiroplasmas.
- Diseases caused by phytoplasmas.
- Diseases caused by ‘Ca. Liberibacter spp’.
- Diseases caused by Xylella fastidiosa.
- Questions for open discussion.
For more information contact the instructor:
Dr. Nabil Killiny
UF/IFAS-CREC | Department of Plant Pathology
Phone: (863) 956-8833 | E-mail: nabilkilliny@ufl.edu
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Course Specifics
Instructor(s)
Dr. Nabil Killiny
UF/IFAS-CREC | Department of Plant Pathology
Phone: (863) 956-8833 | E-mail: nabilkilliny@ufl.edu
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