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"This clip collection is a treasure trove for the teacher who understands that many different media are necessary to keep students engaged and learning. These illustrations will lock in a student’s understanding of material studied in textbooks by giving them a particularly vivid visual demonstration of structures and their functions. The interactions between fungi and plants come alive via the artistry of these clips."
-- Margery Daughtrey, Editor-in-Chief, APS PRESS

The 50 Video Clips on this DVD will delight teacher and student alike. The wonder of biology is clearly evident in these hand-picked sequences and will help you create compelling presentations that will fascinate and educate your students. Ever since the The Biology of Fungal Pathogens Video Series became available, professors have wanted to use specific clips from the videos for their class PowerPoint™ presentations…now it’s possible! This new DVD-ROM has 50 clips from all eight videos in the series.

Many of the intriguing ways that fungal parasites interact with their plant hosts are artistically magnified and brought to life in these 50 video clips. The ingenious animations of fungal biology in these clips replace the humdrum and lifeless life-cycle diagrams that were the teaching tools of the past. This totally convenient format allows you to import bits of brilliant animation into presentations, reinforcing your teaching with vibrant illustrations of fungal biology.

Although the clips may certainly be used to teach details of specific important diseases of cereal crops, they are also especially desirable for use in general biology classes, as well as for classes in plant pathology and mycology. Cooperative Extension educators will be able to use these clips as highlights in their presentations to commercial growers and in Master Gardener training.

The 55-page booklet that comes with the DVD-ROM will help you to choose the perfect video segments of topics you would like to demonstrate to your students: formation of sexual and asexual fungus spores, fungal attacks on plants, epidemic development, haustorium formation, and disease resistance, for example. The voice-over narration gives the story; replays without the soundtrack can be used to emphasize the points appropriate to the individual instructor’s purposes. By so vividly illustrating interesting stories on fungal biology, these clips will greatly help students to grasp complex principles and new scientific vocabulary.

View Booklet that includes sample images with descriptions of each video, preface, contents, and how to use the DVD-ROM.

Clips available on the DVD-ROM

Clips from “Septoria leaf blotch of wheat”
Clip 1 Ascoconium and antheridium
Clip 2 Ascus formation
Clip 3 Ascospore release
Clip 4 Infection by ascospores
Clip 5 Pycnidia
Clip 6 Infection by pycnospores

Clips from “Tan spot of wheat”
Clip 7 Pseudothecia
Clip 8 Conidiospores
Clip 9 Infection by ascospores
Clip 10 Drechslera tritici-repentis and Drechslera teres
Clip 11 Infection by DTR conidiospores

Clips from “Powdery mildew of wheat”
Clip 12 Primary pustules
Clip 13 Host infection
Clip 14 Conidia formation
Clip 15 Epidemic
Clip 16 Resistance to mildew
Clip 17 Mildew’s genetic adaptability
Clip 18 Teleomorph

Clips from “Leaf rust and other rusts of cereals”
Clip 19 Reproductive cycle of urediniospores
Clip 20 Formation of teliospores
Clip 21 Formation of basidiospores
Clip 22 Formation of pycniospores and aeciospores
Clip 23 Complete life cycle (summary)
Clip 24 Brown rust of rye, barley leaf rust, stem rust of wheat
Clip 25 Stripe or yellow rust

Clips from “Fusarium diseases of wheat”
Clip 26 Seedling infection
Clip 27 Foot rot
Clip 28 Formation and spread of conidia
Clip 29 Formation and spread of ascospores
Clip 30 Infection of heads
Clip 31 Mycotoxins

Clips from “Barley leaf spots – fungal disease or stress response?”
Clip 32 Barley leaf spots (an overview)
Clip 33 The fungus Ramularia collo-cygni
Clip 34 Fungal infection of the host plant
Clip 35 Physiological leaf spots (PLS)
Clip 36 The plant’s antioxidant protection system
Clip 37 Oxidative stress
Clip 38 Antioxidant effects of fungicides

Clips from “Eyespot disease of small grains”
Clip 39 Conidia formation
Clip 40 Conidial spread and germination
Clip 41 Host infection
Clip 42 Disease development
Clip 43 Genetic recombination
Clip 44 Formation and spread of ascospores

Clips from “Bunt and smut diseases of cereals”
Clip 45 Common bunt of wheat
Clip 46 Contamination of healthy grains
Clip 47 Germination of bunt spore
Clip 48 Seedling infection
Clip 49 Loose smut of barley
Clip 50 Embryo infection

Where the clips come from:

The fifty short movie clips on this DVD-ROM were taken from eight full-length videos in the DVD series The Biology of Fungal Pathogens edited by Professor Dr. Joseph-Alexander Verreet and Dr. Holger Klink, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel. So far, four DVD volumes are available through APS PRESS. Each volume includes up to three teaching videos focusing on major fungal diseases of cereals:

Vol. 1: Fungal pathogens and diseases of cereals (available separately)

• Septoria leaf blotch of wheat (8:30 min)
• Tan spot of wheat (8:30 min)
• Powdery mildew of wheat (10:50 min)

Vol. 2: Fungal pathogens and diseases of cereals (available separately)

• Leaf rust and other rusts of cereals (15:30 min)
• Fusarium diseases of wheat (10:50 min)

Vol. 3: Fungal pathogens and diseases of cereals (available separately)

• Barley leaf spots – fungal disease or stress response? (14:00 min)

Vol. 4: Fungal pathogens and diseases of cereals (available separately)

• Eyespot disease of small grains (13:00 min)
• Bunt and smut diseases of cereals (10:00 min)
   

The Biology of Fungal Pathogens Vol. 1-4 DVD Series is $100 off the regular price!

50 Video Clips on Fungal Diseases of Cereals DVD-ROM
This DVD-ROM is fully compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint™ for use with Macintosh and Windows platforms.

The pricing shown for the 50 Video Clips DVD-ROM provides single user privileges for the purchaser. If you wish to share this program, you must purchase access for Multiple Users at a single location ($100), or a Local Area Network (LAN) License in a single location ($300). Please call 1.800.328.7560 or email aps@scisoc.org for more details about upgrading your license to allow more than one user.

2008; DVD-ROM; 1 pound; PC and Mac Compatible; ISBN 978-0-89054-362-7; Item No. 43627

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