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
Biography
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.
