Introductory Plant Pathology PP-202 (A Section)

The key objective of this course is to acquaint the students with basic and applied knowledge of Plant Pathology.

At the completion of the course the students will be able to:

Better understand about the Pathological problems due to biotic and abiotic factors of the farmer’s field.
Develop knowledge in identification, classification of different diseases caused by plant pathogens.
Gain understanding of management of plant disease prevailing in the periphery of Sargodha.
The key objective of this course is to acquaint the students with basic and applied knowledge of Plant Pathology.

At the completion of the course the students will be able to:
Better understand about the Pathological problems due to biotic and abiotic factors of the farmer’s field.
Develop knowledge in identification, classification of different diseases caused by plant pathogens.
Gain understanding of management of plant disease prevailing in the periphery of Sargodha

Theory

THEORY:

History and Importance of Plant Pathology, Symptoms of plant diseases caused by biotic and abiotic agents
Detailed description about introduction, economic importance, disease cycle, epidemiology and management of the Viral, Bacterial, Fungal and Nematode Diseases
Cotton leaf curl virus, Potato leaf roll virus, Banana bunchy top virus, Citrus tristeza virus.
Bacterial Diseases: Citrus canker, Citrus Greening, Bacterial blight of rice, Bacterial blight of cotton
Nematode Diseases: Citrus slow decline, Root-knot diseases, Cyst nematode disease
Diseases caused by phanerogamic parasites: Symptoms induced by Cuscuta, Mistletoe, Striga, Orobanche and their management.
Abiotic Diseases: Zn deficiency in rice, Tirak of cotton.
Fungal Diseases: Leaf spots and blast. Brown leaf spot of rice, Rice blast, Blights. Early and late blight of potato, Wither tip and anthracnose. Citrus wither tip and anthracnose of mango, vascular wilt, root rot and foot rot, Gram wilt, Gram blight
Rots: Red rot of sugarcane, Powdery mildews and scab: Powdery mildew of mango, Rusts: Leaf and stripe rusts of wheat, Rust: Stem rust of wheat.
Smuts and Bunts: Seedling penetration types, Smuts and Bunts: Blossom and local penetration types, Tree decline: Shisham, guava and mango decline
Principles of Plant Disease Management

Practical

LEAF SPOTS, BLOTCH, NET-BLOTCH AND SCAB
BLIGHTS, SCORCH, SCALD AND BLAST
DOWNY MILDEWS
POWDERY MILDEWS
ROOT, FOOT AND COLLAR ROTS
VEGETABLE AND FRUIT ROTS
CROP PLANTS WILTS
DIE BACK AND ANTHRACNOSE
DAMPING OFF SEEDLING DISEASES
SMUTS AND BUNTS
RUSTS
RUSTSBACTERIAL DISEASES IN PLANTS
VIRAL DISEASES IN PLANTS
NEMATODE DISEASES IN PLANTS
CITRUS DISEASES

Recommended Books:

Agrios, G.N. 2005. Plant Pathology, 5th edition, Academic Press, New York, USA.
Ahmad, I. and A.R. Bhutta. 2005. A Text Book of Introductory Plant Pathology. Published by National Book Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Chaube, H.S. andR. Singh. 2002. Introductory Plant Pathology. International Book Distributing Co.
Hafiz, A. 1986. Plant Diseases. Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Mathew, J.D. 2003. Molecular Plant Pathology. Bios Scientific Publishers Ltd. UK.
Mehrotra, R.S. and A. Agarwal. 2003. Plant Pathology, 2nd Edition. TATA McGraw-Hill. Pub. Company Ltd. New Delhi.
Sambamurty, A.V.S.S. 2006. A Text Book of Plant Pathology. I.K. International Pvt. Ltd.
Schumann, G.L. and C.J. D'Arcy. 2010. Essential Plant Pathology. APS Press. 369.PP.
Strange, R.N. 2003. Introduction to Plant Pathology. John Willey & Sons, New York.

COURSE SCHEDULE

Week	Topics and Readings	Books with Page No.
1	History and Importance of Plant Pathology, Symptoms of plant diseases caused by biotic and abiotic agents	Plant Pathology 5th Ed., (45-53)
2	Detailed description about introduction, economic importance, disease cycle, epidemiology and management of the following plant diseases, Viral Diseases: Cotton leaf curl virus, Potato leaf roll virus, Banana bunchy top virus	Plant Pathology 5th Ed. (724-735, 781,814)
3	Citrus tristeza virus, Bacterial Diseases: Citrus canker, Citrus Greening Plant Pathology, 5th ed	Plant Pathology 5th Ed., (774, 667,683)
4	First Assignment Due, Bacterial blight of rice, Bacterial blight of cotton	Plant Pathology 5th Ed., (627)
5	Nematode Diseases: Citrus slow decline, Root-knot diseases	Plant Pathology by 5th Ed., (838,848)
6	Cyst nematode disease, Diseases caused by phanerogamic parasites: Symptoms induced by Cuscuta, Mistletoe, Striga, Orobanche and their management	Plant Pathology 5th Ed., (839-847) (705-715)
7	Abiotic Diseases: Zn deficiency in rice, Tirak of cotton	Fundamentals of Plant Pathology (303-306)
8	Mid Term Test
9	Fungal Diseases: Leaf spots and blast. Brown leaf spot of rice, Rice blast, Blights. Early and late blight of potato	Plant Pathology 5th Ed, (410-421)
10	Wither tip and anthracnose. Citrus wither tip and anthracnose of mango, Vascular wilt, root rot and foot rot. Gram wilt, Gram blight	Fundamentals of Plant Pathology (180-242)
11	Rots: Red rot of sugarcane, Powdery mildews and scab: Powdery mildew of mango	Fundamentals of Plant Pathology (180-242)
12	Downy mildews: Downy mildew of cucurbits, White rust of crucifers, Rusts: Leaf and stripe rusts of wheat	Fundamentals of Plant Pathology (180-242)
13	Rust: Stem rust of wheat, Smuts and Bunts: Seedling penetration types	Plant Pathology 5th Ed., (562-592)
14	Smuts and Bunts: Blossom and local penetration types, Tree decline: Shisham, guava and mango decline	Hand outs
15	Principles of Plant Disease Management	Plant Pathology 5th Ed., (295-345)
16	Final Examination