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.
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.
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.
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.