Plant Pathology and Disease Management Principles and Practices

This book introduces the nature, causes and impact of plant diseases. It briefly describes 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.

It addresses the mechanisms of pathogenicity and immunity. It explores the biology of the interactions between plants and plant pathogens from the cellular level to the population level, with the chapter addressing epidemiology. The book then concerns the approaches we can take to alleviate the effects of plant pathogens.

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Preface

About the Authors

1 Introduction

2 History of Plant Pathology

3 Symptoms of Plant Diseases

4 Characters and Structures of Fungi and Related Organisms

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

9 Chromista

10 Fungi: Chitridiomycota

11 Fungi: Zygomycota

12 Fungi: Ascomycota

13 Fungi: Basidiomycota

14 Bacteria

15 Mollicutes

16 Virus

17 Viroids

18 Phanerogamic Parasites

19 Algal Plant Parasites

20 Pathogenesis - Infection Process

21 Pathogenesis - Role of Enzymes, Toxins and Growth Regulators

22 Survival of Plant Pathogens

23 Liberation of Plant Pathogens

24 Plant Disease Epidemiology

25 Plant Disease Forecasting

26 Disease Survey, Surveillance and Assessment

27 Plant Defence

28 Seed Health Testing

29 Remote Sensing in Plant Disease Detection

30 Principles of Plant Disease Management

31 Integrated Disease Management

32 Host-Plant Resistance

33 Regulatory Methods

34 Cultural Methods

35 Physical Methods

36 Biotechnological Methods

37 Biological Methods

38 Chemical Methods

39 Methods of Application of Chemical Fungicides

40 Formulations and Compatibility

41 Plant Protection Appliances

42 Pesticides Spraying Calibrations

S. Parthasarathy; Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology), Amrita School of Agricultural Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India

P. Lakshmidevi; Teaching Assistant (Plant Pathology), Institute of Agriculture, Kumulur, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India

V.K. Satya; Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology), Agricultural Engineering College & Research Institute, Kumulur, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India

C. Gopalakrishnan; Professor (Plant Pathology), Department of Plant Pathology, Centre for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India