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    Title of the Course: INTRODUCTION TO PLANT PATHOGENS

    Credit Hours: 3(2-1)


    Prerequisites: Biology (Higher Secondary level)
    Learning Objectives: To acquaint students with basic concepts and
    identification of plant pathogens

    Instructor: Dr. Syeda Amber Kazmi


    Course Contents:

    Introduction; What is plant disease? Abiotic & Biotic Stresses of


    Plants, Major Plant Disease Causing Organism & impact on
    agriculture and human life , Basic areas of Plant Pathology study
    and concept of disease triangle,Fungi & their economic
    importance, General Morphology of Fungi ( hyphae, mycelium,
    reproduction, nutrition etc.),Fungal like Organisms (FLOs): Life
    Cycle of Fungi, Lower Fungi ( Chytridiomycetes & Zygomycetes) as
    Plant Pathogens, Higher Fungi (Ascomycetes & Basidiomycetes) as
    Plant Pathogens) Identification of plant pathogens including fungi,
    prokaryotes, viruses, viroids, nematodes, fungus like organisms,
    taxonomic position of economically important plant pathogens.

    Practical

    Orientation of laboratory equipments; sterilization of glassware,


    preparation of media and isolation of different plant pathogens;
    study of characteristics of various plant pathogens through slides,
    live specimens and their comparative account/study
    Recommended Books:

    1. Agrios, G.N. 2005. Plant Pathology, 5th edition. Academic Press,


    New York, USA.

    2. Ahmad, I., and A.R .Bhutta. 2005. Textbook of introductory Plant


    Pathology. Publisher NBF, 397 pp.

    3. Alexopoulos, C.J., C.W. Mims and M. Blackwell. 1996.


    Introductory Mycology. 4th edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New
    York, USA

    4. Bos, L. 1999. Plant Viruses: Unique and Intriguing Pathogens: A


    textbook of Plant Virology. Backhuys Publishers.

    5. Mehrotra, R.S. and A. Agarwal. 2003. Plant Pathology. 2nd


    Edition. TATA McGraw-Hill. Pub. Company Ltd. New Delhi.

    6. Ravichandra, N.G. 2013. Fundamentals of Plant Pathology.


    Prentice Hall of India Pvt.,Ltd.

    7. Trigiano, R.N., M.T. Windham and A.S. Windham. 2008. Plant


    Pathology: Concepts and Laboratory Exercises. 2nd edition. CRC
    Press.

    8. Vidhyasekram, P. 2004. Concise Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology.


    Food product Press and Haworth Press Inc. Binghamton, New York,
    USA.

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