Fundamentals of Plant Pathology

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.

• PrefaceAbout the Author1 Introduction2 History of plant Pathology3 Classification of Plant Diseases4 Eukaryotic Fungi and Related Pathogens: General Characters And Structures5 Asexual Reproduction in Fungi and Chromista6 Sexual Reproduction in Fungi and Chromista7 Taxonomy of Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Related Eukarya8 Protozoa (Plasmodiophora brassicae) 9 Chromista10 Fungi: Chitridiomycota11 Fungi: Zygomycota12 Fungi: Ascomycota13 Fungi: Basidiomycota14 Prokaryotic Bacterial Plant Pathogens15 Prokaryotic Mollicutes16 Virus17 Phanerogamic Parasites18 Algal Plant Parasite19 Nematodes: Morphology and Reproduction20 Ecological Classification of Plant Parasitic Nematodes21 Nematode Disease Symptoms on Crop Plants22 Liberation and Dispersal of Plant Pathogens23 Survival of Plant Pathogens 24 Types of Parasitism25 Variability and Resistance in Plant Pathogens26 Pathogenesis27 Enzymes in Disease Development28 Toxins in Disease Development29 Plant Growth Regulators in Disease Development30 Effect of Pathogens on Physiological Functions of the Plants31 Plant Disease Epidemiology32 Defense Mechanism in Plants33 Principles of Plant Disease Management34 Chemical Fungicides and Antibiotics35 Application of Fungicides36 Principles of Integrated Nematode ManagementGlossary