Disease Dirt

What is a disease cycle? What makes wheat stem rust such a complicated, invincible disease? Tune in to this episode of Disease Dirt to find out. Sources: https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/lessons/fungi/Basidiomycetes/Pages/StemRust.aspx http://www.apsnet.org/publications/apsnetfeatures/Pages/Barberry.aspx

How does the pathogen conquer the host or vice versa? In this episode, I discuss the idea of the evolutionary arms race between plant and pathogen. Listen here to learn about principal ideas in plant pathology such as the zig zag model, and the gene for gene model. Source: https://www.apsnet.org/about/history/pioneeringplantpathologists/Pages/FlorHaroldHenry.aspx

How do host, pathogen, and environment come together to cause disease? Listen here to learn about the central dogma of plant pathology- the disease triangle. Source: Koch's Postulates: http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/bsci424/BSCI223WebSiteFiles/KochsPostulates.htm

What is plant pathology? What do plant pathologists do? How do plant pathogens affect society? Let's learn about the wonderful world of plant pathology on the first episode of Disease Dirt! Sources: Irish Immigration Statistics: https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/irish2.html Irish Ancestry: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2017/cb17-ff05.html Dutch Elm Disease: https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/pest-and-disease-resources/dutch-elm-disease/dutch-elm-disease-history-of-the-disease/ Tulip Breaking Virus: https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/pdf/10.1094/PDIS.2000.84.10.1052