Fastidious Bacteria and Plant Diseases | PLP 6905
3 Credits

This advanced graduate course explores in depth explanations of the complicated and varied cycles of plant diseases caused by insecttransmitted, vascular-colonizing fastidious bacteria including mollicutes, ‘Candidatus Liberibacters’, and Xylella fastidiosa, including their classification, biology, symptomatology, epidemiology, transmission, plant responses, insect-vector interactions, and management strategies.

• Snapshot

  Learning Objective

  • Define and recognize plant diseases caused by vascular-colonizing fastidious bacteria.
  • Categorize and characterize the classification of vascular-colonizing fastidious bacteria.
  • Recall and explain the plant responses to vascular-colonizing fastidious bacteria.
  • Differentiate and illustrate the disease components associated with insect
    transmission modes of plant bacterial pathogens.
  • Discuss the role of insect vector biology and behavioral ecology in the spread of vector-borne diseases.
  • Evaluate and propose potential control strategies to disrupt insect transmission and/or plant colonization.

  Learning Modules

  • Characterization of fastidious vascularcolonizing plant pathogenic bacteria.
  • Diseases caused by spiroplasmas.
  • Diseases caused by phytoplasmas.
  • Diseases caused by ‘Ca. Liberibacter spp’.
  • Diseases caused by Xylella fastidiosa.
  • Questions for open discussion.

  For more information contact the instructor:
  Dr. Nabil Killiny
  UF/IFAS-CREC | Department of Plant Pathology
  Phone: (863) 956-8833 | E-mail: nabilkilliny@ufl.edu