More information about careers in plant pathology is available from the department.įreshman who are interested in Plant Pathology are encouraged to participate in a First-Year Interest Group (FIG) program.
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Students are also able to explore double majors and a multitude of undergraduate certificates based on their unique educational and professional interests. This track is designed for students who intend to work in industry after receiving their undergraduate degree. The plant health and industry track includes some courses in basic math and sciences, as well as additional courses in agriculture and economics/management and upper-level courses in plant pathology, entomology, and other agricultural sciences. This track is geared toward students who have an interest in receiving a broad education in the basic sciences or plan to pursue a graduate or professional degree. The plant–microbe biology track has courses in basic math and sciences, including biology, chemistry, and physics, along with upper-level courses in plant pathology, biochemistry, and microbiology. Undergraduates in plant pathology can choose between two tracks. Please visit the department's Extension and Outreach overview page for additional details on the departments outreach activities, public education programs, and student organizations. Plant pathology is a field that thrives in, and makes its greatest contribution to, comprehensive institutions like the University of Wisconsin–Madison where the proximity and complementarity of basic sciences and the other applied agricultural sciences are exceptionally strong. They can also take part in a summer field course, numerous internships, and research opportunities. Plant Pathology students learn in many field and lab courses, including classes that focus on economics of plant disease, interactions between plants and people, fungi, organic agriculture, and global food security.
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Prerequisite to effective research, teaching, and extension in plant pathology is a breadth of interdisciplinary interest and knowledge, in a department and in its individual members, reaching from ecology to microbiology, from meteorology to applied mathematics, and from molecular biology to communication skills. Plant pathology involves the study of plants and pathogens at the genetic, biochemical, physiological, cellular, population, and community levels, and how the knowledge derived is integrated and put into agricultural practice. It encompasses fundamental biology as well as applied agricultural sciences. Plant pathology is the study of plants and their pathogens, the process of disease, and how plant health and disease are influenced by factors such as the weather, nonpathogenic microorganisms, and plant nutrition.
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