Plant Pathology Notes

Fundamentals of Plant Pathology by JNKVV

Plant Pathology is a branch of agricultural science that deals with the study of fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, and other microbes that cause diseases of plants.The contents in this notes are as follows : Importance of Plant Disease, Scope and Objective of Plant Pathology, History of Plant Pathology with special reference to Indian work, Concepts and terms in Plant Pathology, Important Plant Pathogenic Organisms, Pathogenesis, Factors Affecting Disease Development, Disease Triangle and Tetrahedron, Classification of Plant Diseases, Abiotic Diseases and their management, General Characters of fungi, Bacteria and mollicutes, Phytoplasma ,Spiroplasma ,Nematode,Viroids and Algae, Virus, Phanerogamic plant parasites, Classification, Morphology and Symptoms caused by Plant parasitic nematodes, Dispersal and survival of the Plant pathogens, Pathogenesis-role of enzyme, toxin, growth regulators in disease development, Defense mechanism in plant, Epidemiology: Factor affecting disease development, Fungicides nature, chemical combinations and formulationsFungicides Classification and Their Mode of Action, Antibiotics.

Author(s): Department of Plant Pathology, JNKVV College of Agriculture, Tikamgarh

202 Pages

Disease in Plants

The purpose of this book is to treat the subject of disease in plants with special reference to the patient itself, and to describe the symptoms it exhibits and the course of the malady, with only such references to the agents which induce or cause disease as are necessary to an intelligent understanding of the subject, and of the kind of treatment called for.

Author(s): H. Marshall Ward

NA Pages

Laboratory outlines in plant pathology

This book covers the following topics in plant pathology: Necrotic diseases caused by bacteria and fungi, hypoplastic diseases caused by fungi and phanerogams, metaplastic diseases caused by slime-molds, bacteria, fungi and phanerogams.

Author(s): Herbert Hice Whetzel

220 Pages

Principles of Plant Pathology (PDF 79P)

This note explains the following topics: Important plant pathogenic organisms, General Characters of fungi, Binomial system of nomenclature, Myxomycota, Eumycota, Zygomycotina, Ascomycotina,, Basidiomycotina, Deuteromycotina, pokaryotes: classification, Plant viruses, Viroids, Phenomenon of infection, Pathogemsis – Role, Defense Mechanism, Plant disease epidemiology, Plant Disease Forcasting, Remote sensing, General principles of plant, Regulatory methods, Cultural methods, Biological control and PGPR, Physical Methods – Heat treatments, soil solarization, hot water treatment, hot air treatment, control by refrigeration and radiation, Chemical methods , Host plant resistance, Application of biotechnology, Disease Management and Integrated Plant Disease.

Author(s): Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

NA Pages

Master Gardener Plant Pathology Training (PDF 50P)

This note explains the following topics: What is Plant Pathology, Disease Definitions, Abiotic vs. Biotic, Fe2+ deficiency or Soil pH, Fungal pathogens, Infectious Diseases, Viruses , Phytoplasmas, Bacteria, Disease Diagnosis, General Disease Managemen and Tools for Plant Disease Management.

Author(s): Connie Tande

59 Pages

Plant Pathology Guidelines for Master Gardeners

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Author(s): NA

NA Pages

BASIC PLANT PATHOLOGY (PDF 25P)

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Author(s): NA

NA Pages

Principles of Plant Pathology (PDF 58P)

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Author(s): NA

NA Pages