Instructor:
Dr. Marc Orbach
Office: Marley 341B
Office hours: Wednesday 1:30-3:30
pm
Phone: 621-3764; FAX: 621-9290
Email: Orbachmj@ag.arizona.edu
Web Page: http://ag.arizona.edu/classes/plp427L/
Lecture Outline
| Date | Topic |
| 8/22 | Course requirements, Introduction to Fungi, Why Are Fungi Important to us? |
| 8/24 | The major groups of Fungi - Fungal Classification |
| 8/29 | Fungal Cellular Structure and Growth Requirements |
| 8/31 | Asexual Growth and Spore Development |
| 9/5 | Sexual Reproduction |
| 9/7 | Spore Release, Dispersal, Dormancy and Germination |
| 9/12 | Slime molds: Acrasiomycota, Dictyosteliomycota, Myxomycota, Plasmodiophoromycota, Labyrinthulomycota |
| 9/14 | EXAM 1 |
| 9/19 | Oomycota, Hyphochytriomycota |
| 9/21 | Chytridiomycota |
| 9/26 | Zygomycota |
| 9/28 | Ascomycota I |
| 10/3 | Ascomycota II |
| 10/5 | Catch Up/ Review Day |
| 10/10 | Exam 2 |
| 10/12 | Deuteromycota |
| 10/17 | Basidiomycota I |
| 10/19 | Basidiomycota II |
| 10/24 | Fungal Genetics -Biochemical Mutants/Beadle and Tatum |
| 10/26 | Molecular Biology of Fungi |
| 10/31 | Industrial Applications - Antibiotics/Food Industry |
| 11/2 | EXAM 3 |
| 11/7 | Fungal Toxins/Other Secondary Products |
| 11/9 | Plant Pathogens |
| 11/14 | Human Pathogens I |
| 11/16 | Human Pathogens II |
| 11/21 | Insect Associations/Pathogens |
| 11/23 | THANKSGIVING BREAK |
| 11/28 | Mycorrhizal Associations |
| 11/30 | Lichens |
| 12/5 | General Review |
FINAL EXAM: Tues Dec. 12: 8 am to 10 am