NEM 5707 -- PLANT NEMATOLOGY
Bldg. 970, Natural Area Drive
updated 12-04
Lectures: Period 2 Monday and Wednesday 8:30 to 9:20
am, and period 6 Wednesday 12:50 to 1:40 pm. Laboratory:
Periods
7-8, Wednesday 1:50 -
3:50 pm.
Periods.
Instructor and Office Hours:
Don W. Dickson
Room 2212, Entomology-Nematology
Bldg. 970, Natural Area Drive
P.O. Box 110620
TEL 352-392-1901, ext 135
FAX 352-392-0190
dwd@ufl.edu
Office hours: Call or email for an office appointment
Objective:
To provide an overview of plant diseases caused by plant nematodes.
Students will learn basic nematode morphology and anatomy, with
emphasis on structures as they relate to identification, life cycles,
disease cycles, and management of plant nematodes. Upon completion of
the course students should be familiar with sampling, recovery, and
identification of plant nematodes that affect important agricultural
crops. Emphasis will be placed on practical use of information
presented.
Lecture subjects to be covered:
Morphology and anatomy, growth and development, ecology and population
dynamics, identification and classification, plant nematodes and the
diseases they induce, interactions with other organisms, management
strategies — exclusion and sanitation, cultural, physical, biological,
and chemical.
Laboratory assignments: Topics will include nematode
extraction from soil and roots, some basic nematological techniques,
observing plant symptoms caused by plant nematodes, identification
using morphology, host-differential plants, and polyacrylamide gel
electrophoresis, and management techniques. Students are required to
complete laboratory exercises, complete handouts, and make drawings as
requested, and to complete answers to questions posed on each
laboratory assignment. Each assignment is to be turned in for a grade
after it is completed. An examination on identification of some plant
nematodes studied in class will be administered as final laboratory
assignment.
Examinations: Lectures: Biweekly 10 minute quizzes,
mid-term and final examinations. Exams cover both lecture and
laboratory materials. Laboratory: Identification of some plant
nematodes mounted on glass slides.
Written report: One 12 minute oral presentation on some
plant nematological subjects along with a written report is to be
prepared and presented during the laboratory sessions.
Prerequisites: None
Grading:
A 92 - 100 points
B +88 - 91 points
B 82 - 87 points
C +78 - 81 points
C 72 - 77 points
D +68 - 71 points
D 62 - 67 points
F 61 or less
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