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.
Plant pathology is an applied science that deals with the
nature, causes and control of plant diseases in agriculture and forestry. The
vital role of plant pathology in attaining food security and food safety for the
world cannot be overemphasized.