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Postgraduate Certificate in Plant Pathology
Host Department
Statement of Program Aim
The Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, in collaboration with UC Davis Extensionn, offers a 6 to 12 month certificate program. The program is designed to meet the need of advanced students for specialized training through course, laboratory and field work in plant pathology and related disciplines. The program has considerable flexibility and can be tailored to an individual's interest and prior experience. Thus, a program may emphasize one or more major plant pathogen groups: bacteria and phytoplasmas, fungi or viruses. Training may include:
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Molecular methods for the study of host-parasite interactions or detection and characterization of plant pathogens
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Ecology of plant pathogens
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Disease diagnosis
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Epidemiology and control of plant diseases.
Direct experience in research laboratories can be arranged provided faculty members within a given specialty have sufficient space and resource to make this accommodation. The students will initiate their study in the fall and take a minimum of six units per quarter.
Student Prerequisites
A TOEFL score of 550 or better is required of all nonnative English speakers. Students are expected to have a minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in biology or agricultural-related fields.
Contact Person
Department Chair
Department of Plant Pathology
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8668 USA
FAX (530) 752-5674
Departmental fee: $4000 per year
Suggested Courses
| Course Number | Course Name | Units | Quarters |
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| PLP 120 | Introduction to Plant Pathology | 4 | Fall Spring |
| PLP 148 | Introductory Mycology | 4 | Fall |
| PLP 130 | Fungal Biotechnology and Biochemistry | 3 | Winter |
| PLP 205A,B | Diseases of Vegetable and Field Crops | 4-1 | Summer |
| PLP 206A,B | Diseases of Fruit, Nut and Vine Crops | 3-1 | Summer (alternate years) |
| PLP 208 | Ecology of Plant Pathogens and Epidemiology of Plant Diseases | 4 | Spring (alternate years) |
| PLP 209 | Principles of Plant Disease Control | 3 | Winter (alternate years) |
| PLP 210 | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant-Microbe Interaction | 4 | Fall (alternate years) |
| PLP 215X | Genetics and Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens | 4 | Winter (alternate years) |
| PLP 217 | Molecular Genetics of Fungi | 3 | Winter (alternate years) |
| PLP 224 | Advanced Mycology | 4 | Spring (alternate years) |
| PLP 226 | Plant Virology | 5 | Winter (alternate years) |
| PLP 228 | Plant Bacteriology | 5 | Fall (alternate years) |
| PLP 298 | Special Group Study | 1-5 | Fall, Winter, Spring |
