Fundamentals of Plant Pathology

This book introduces the nature, causes and impact of plant diseases, describes briefly the history of plant pathology as a scientific discipline, and introduces the disease cycle as the key tool for understanding disease development and devising appropriate management strategies. The book describes the diverse organisms and agents that cause diseases?plant pathogens.

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Preface

About the Author

1 Introduction

2 History of plant Pathology

3 Classification of Plant Diseases

4 Eukaryotic Fungi and Related Pathogens: General Characters And Structures

5 Asexual Reproduction in Fungi and Chromista

6 Sexual Reproduction in Fungi and Chromista

7 Taxonomy of Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Related Eukarya

8 Protozoa (Plasmodiophora brassicae) 9 Chromista

10 Fungi: Chitridiomycota

11 Fungi: Zygomycota

12 Fungi: Ascomycota

13 Fungi: Basidiomycota

14 Prokaryotic Bacterial Plant Pathogens

15 Prokaryotic Mollicutes

16 Virus

17 Phanerogamic Parasites

18 Algal Plant Parasite

19 Nematodes: Morphology and Reproduction

20 Ecological Classification of Plant Parasitic Nematodes

21 Nematode Disease Symptoms on Crop Plants

22 Liberation and Dispersal of Plant Pathogens

23 Survival of Plant Pathogens 24 Types of Parasitism

25 Variability and Resistance in Plant Pathogens

26 Pathogenesis

27 Enzymes in Disease Development

28 Toxins in Disease Development

29 Plant Growth Regulators in Disease Development

30 Effect of Pathogens on Physiological Functions of the Plants

31 Plant Disease Epidemiology

32 Defense Mechanism in Plants

33 Principles of Plant Disease Management

34 Chemical Fungicides and Antibiotics

35 Application of Fungicides

36 Principles of Integrated Nematode Management

Glossary

S. Parthasarathy is Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology), in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Amrita School of Agricultural Sciences. His areas of specialization are Biological Control and Molecular Plant Pathology.