Path171

Learn the meaning, scope, objectives, and practical importance of plant pathology in crop protection.

Understand the major biotic groups that cause plant disease and how they differ in nature, spread, and examples.

General Characters of fungi.

Nomenclature binomial.

Division I Myxomycota.

Division II Eumycota.

Subdivision Zygomycotina.

Subdivision Ascomycotina.

Subdivition Basidiomycotina.

Subdivition Deuteromycotina.

Prokaryotes classification.

Plant viruses general.

Viroids general chara.

Definition and objective.

Terms and Concepts.

Phenomenon of infection.

Study how pathogens invade host tissues and how enzymes, toxins, growth regulators, and related factors produce disease symptoms.

Defense Mechanism.

Plant disease epidemiology.

Plant Disease Forcasting.

Remote sensing.

Understand the basic management principles such as avoidance, exclusion, eradication, protection, host resistance, and therapy.

Regulatory methods.

Cultural methods.

Biological control and PGPR.

Physical Methods — Heat.

Chemical methods — study.

Host plant resistance.

Application of biotechnology.

Disease Management.

Integrated Plant Disease.