Spring Break is March 17-21, 2025. While CSU Online will remain open, please note that many campus services and individuals may experience delays during this time.Spring Break is March 17-21, 2025. While CSU Online will remain open, please note that many campus services and individuals may experience delays during this time.
Select one of the options below:
A 5-week course consisting of General Plant Pathology; identification of the organisms that can cause plant diseases.
One 100-level HORT course or one 100-level LIFE course
Please check the CSU Bookstore for textbook information. Textbook listings are available at the CSU Bookstore about 3 weeks prior to the start of the term.
9704916950 | tamla.blunt@colostate.edu
Dr. Tamla Blunt is a Plant Pathologist/Research Associate at Colorado State University in the Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management Department. Dr. Blunt is a Plant Pathologist by training, but currently has dual roles in the department in both plant pathology and food safety training. Dr. Blunt has Lead Instructor certification for both Preventive Control Qualified Individual for both Human Food and Animal Food in the FSMA regulations. Her training also includes basic SQF and HACCP as well as instructor training for the Produce Safety Rule under FSMA. Dr. Blunt is familiar with a variety of plants that include greenhouse, forest, landscape, turf, and cropping situations and the associated disorders that accompany many of these plants. Dr. Blunt also teaches Landscape Plant Health Care, Plant Propagation, and Pesticide Safety and Use at Front Range Community College campuses in Westminster and Fort Collins, CO. At Colorado State University, she teaches Online Horticulture Pathology classes (BSPM355A, B, C) and assists with Elements of Plant Pathology (BSPM361), a resident instruction class.