Applied and Environmental Microbiology Courses(AEM)
AEM 341. General Microbiology. I, II, S. 4 Hr. PR: CHEM 115. Introductory morphological, cultural, and physiological characteristics of microorganisms; application of microbiology to agriculture, home economics, and health (Lab Syllabus).
AEM 401. Environmental Microbiology. II. 4 Hr. PR: ENVM 341 or consent. Microbiology as applied to soil, water, wastewater, sewage, air, and the general environment. Occurrence, distribution, ecology, and detection of microorganisms in these environments. (Also listed as ENVP 401.)
AEM 420. Soil Microbiology. I. 3 Hr. PR: ENVM 341. Microbiology and biochemistry of the soil environment. Occurrence, distribution, ecology, and detection of microorganisms in soil. (Offered in fall of even years.) (Also listed as AGRN 420 and ENVP 420.)
AEM 747. Food Microbiology. 4 HR.
AEM 748. Sanitary Microbiology. II. 3 HR. PR: ENVM 341 or consent. Microbiology and health hazards associated with food handling, water treatment, and sanitary waste disposal. (Offered in spring of even years.)
AEM 750. Current Concepts in Microbial Ecology. I, II. 1 HR. Emphasis on reading, criticism, and discussion of recent journal articles from the primary literature in microbial ecology/environmental microbiology
Plant Pathology (PPTH)
PPTH 470. Forest Pest Management. II. 4 Hr. PR: FMAN 311 and BIOL 101 and BIOL 103 and PLSC 206 or BIOL 115 and BIOL 117. Relationship of insects and disease organisms to the forest ecosystem; recognition of agents that affect forest health; management strategies for regulating their damage. (Also listed as ENTO 470.)
PPTH 401. General Plant Pathology. I. 4 Hr. Nature and causes of plant diseases; methods of control.
PPTH 501. Disease of Economic Plants. I, II, S. 1-3 HR.; 2 HR. in summer. PR: PPTH 401 or 503 or consent. Recognition, cause, and control of diseases of economic plans. (Sem. I - Diseases of vegetable crops and of tree and small fruits; Sem. II - Diseases of ornamental plants and field and forage crops; S - Disease of forest trees. Students may register for 1-3 hrs. in I and II, 2 HR. in S, until 8 hours of credit are accumulated) (Offered in alternated years.)
PPTH 502. Principals of Plant Pathology. II. 4 HR. PR: PPTH 153, 401, or 503, or consent. (Primarily for graduate students and seniors majoring in biology or agriculture science.) Nature of disease in plants with practice in laboratory methods. (Offered in spring of even years.)
PPTH 503. Mycology. I. 4 HR. Lectures and field and laboratory studies of parasitic and saprophytic fungi. (Offered in fall of even years.)
PPTH 509. Nematology. II. 3 HR. (Primarily for graduate students majoring in the agricultural sciences or biology.) Nematode taxonomy, bionomics, and control, with particular emphasis on plant parasitic forms. (Offered in spring of odd years.)
PPTH 513. Insect Transmitted Plant Diseases. 3 HR.
PPTH 702. Physiology Plant Diseases. I. 3 HR. PR: AGBI 610 and PPTH 502, or consent. Study of host-parasite interactions, with emphasis on physiological and biochemical changes that occur in higher plant tissue in response to pathogenic organisms.
PPTH 730. Physiology of Fungi. II. 4 HR. PR: Organic chemistry, mycology, and bacteriology, or consent. Physiological aspects of growth, reproduction, and parasitism of fungi, with emphasis on nutrition, environment, and other biotic factors. (Offered in spring of odd years.)
PPTH 740. Taxonomy of the Fungi. S. 3 HR. PR: PPTH 503. Collection and identification of fungi with emphasis upon those of economic importance. (Offered in summer of even years.)