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
This note lists plant host, disease common name, scientific name,
and disease type for pests included in this Web site. Click on the common name
to link to more information about the disease.
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.
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.