Crop Plant Pathology & Nematology

The Library’s collections reflect the Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology’s major research emphases in crop plant pathology/diseases and nematology.

Strengths include collections supporting research and teaching on:

• Microbial pathogenesis with foci in plant and vector biology
• Fundamental molecular and cellular microbiology with an emphasis gene regulation, cell division, signal transduction and cell differentiation
• Microbial evolution, genomics and meta-genomics
• Environmental microbiology and ecology
• Public health aspects of microbial communities, including environmental pathogens and engineering practices for treatment of waste products