DISEASES OF CROP PLANTS IN INDIAThis fully-revised and enlarged fourth edition introduces the students to the basic and applied aspects of plant pathology and to the major diseases of crops and fruit trees in India. Latest developments in the molecular biology of diseased plants and control measures are incorporated in the book. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Microorganisms in General | 9 |
Methods of Studying Plant Diseases | 60 |
Symptoms of Plant Diseases | 80 |
Principles of Infection and Spread of Diseases | 89 |
Principles of Plant Disease Control | 123 |
Diseases of Cereals | 160 |
Diseases of Pulses | 265 |
Diseases of Vegetables | 286 |
Common terms and phrases
acid affected plants agar air-borne areas ascospores bacterial bacterium become blight Bordeaux mixture Causal Organism Cercospora chemical chlamydospores Colletotrichum colour conidia conidiophores countries crop plants cultivation damage dark brown Delhi Deuteromycotina diameter discolouration Disease Cycle diseased plants downy mildew field fruit fungal fungi fungicides fungus fungus produces Fusarium germ tubes germinate grain grown growth hectares host cell host plant host tissue hyaline hyphae India inoculum Karnataka leaf blade leaf spot leaves lesions microorganisms mosaic mycelium nematodes nutrients occurs oryzae parasite pathogen perfect stage Phytophthora plant diseases plant pathogens Plant Pathology potato powdery mildew Pradesh reduced reported resistant varieties rice root rot rot caused rust Sacc seed seed-borne seedlings septate smut soil soil-borne sorghum sorus species sporangia sporangium spores spraying stem stomata stunted Subdivision sugarcane surface susceptible Tamil Nadu teleutospores tubers uredospores vascular virus virus diseases viruses wheat wilt yellow zoospores