Study Guides for Biology 4218A at Western University

Host Plant Defenses Crop Domestication Forces of crop domestication often oppose those of natural selection Crop domestication: predictable, uniform, yield; community performance favoured Nat sel: diversity, persistenc...

4218 – Microorganisms and Plant Disease: Lecture 1 – Introduction (Dr. Gardiner) Pytopathology  phyto = plant, pathos = suffering/disease, logos = the study of ...

4218 Microorganisms Review Gardiner – Lecture 1 – Invasion by Fungi Survival structures of fungi Diploid Haploid - Oospores – thick wall diploid spore ...

Plant Pathology Myxomycetes (Slime)  multinucleate plasmodium, stalked sporangia, phagocytosis (bacteria) - Physarum cinereum - Fuligo septica - Plasmodiophora brassicae (Roots of cabbage plants, converte...

BIOLOGY AND FOOD - 10,000 species of fleshy fungi o Only a few lethal o However some are quite common - 20 genera represent the prime food fungi Agaricus bisporus/brunnescens (Holobasidiom...

Lecture 1Mycology Patrycja Pawlik The seven kingdoms Prokaryotes o Eubacteria o Achaebacteria extreme environmentsEukaryotes o Protozoa Protoctista unicellular o ChromistaProtocistaFungi o EumycotaFungiMulticellular haploi...