Fundamentals of Plant Pathology by JNKVV
Plant Pathology is a branch of agricultural science that 
deals with the study of fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, and other microbes 
that cause diseases of plants.The contents in this notes are as follows : 
Importance of Plant Disease, Scope and Objective of Plant Pathology, History of 
Plant Pathology with special reference to Indian work, Concepts and terms in 
Plant Pathology, Important Plant Pathogenic Organisms, Pathogenesis, Factors 
Affecting Disease Development, Disease Triangle and Tetrahedron, Classification 
of Plant Diseases, Abiotic Diseases and their management, General Characters of 
fungi, Bacteria and mollicutes, Phytoplasma ,Spiroplasma ,Nematode,Viroids and 
Algae, Virus, Phanerogamic plant parasites, Classification, Morphology and 
Symptoms caused by Plant parasitic nematodes, Dispersal and survival of the 
Plant pathogens, Pathogenesis-role of enzyme, toxin, growth regulators in 
disease development, Defense mechanism in plant, Epidemiology: Factor affecting 
disease development, Fungicides nature, chemical combinations and 
formulationsFungicides Classification and Their Mode of Action, Antibiotics.
Author(s): Department of Plant Pathology, JNKVV College of 
Agriculture, Tikamgarh
 202 Pages
202 Pages