DISEASES OF ECONOMIC PLANTS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( PL PATH 300 and 332 ), or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the impact of plant disease on economically important cropping systems in Wisconsin. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Articulate a critical perspective on land use and explain how agriculture impacts human and environmental health. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Develop analytical thinking and communication skills through class readings, activities, and discussion. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Describe the diverse, economic plant industries in Wisconsin and how plant diseases affect them. Audience: Graduate 5. Describe the main diseases and their management practices in agronomic and specialty crops, and in turf and ornamental systems. Audience: Graduate 6. Apply scientific principles of disease diagnostics and pathogen lifecycles to make disease management decisions. Audience: Graduate 7. Acquire new knowledge of insects, weed, nutrient disorders and injury caused by abiotic factors. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the impact of plant disease on economically important cropping systems in Wisconsin. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Articulate a critical perspective on land use and explain how agriculture impacts human and environmental health. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Develop analytical thinking and communication skills through class readings, activities, and discussion. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Describe the diverse, economic plant industries in Wisconsin and how plant diseases affect them. Audience: Graduate 5. Describe the main diseases and their management practices in agronomic and specialty crops, and in turf and ornamental systems. Audience: Graduate 6. Apply scientific principles of disease diagnostics and pathogen lifecycles to make disease management decisions. Audience: Graduate 7. Acquire new knowledge of insects, weed, nutrient disorders and injury caused by abiotic factors. Audience: Graduate