Plant Pathology

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Contents
1 Introduction
2 History of Plant Pathology
3 Pathogenesis
4 Enzymes and Toxins in Plant Diseases
5 Alteration in Plant Physiological Functions Due to Plant Pathogen Interaction
6 How Plants Defend Themselves Against Infection
7 Genetics of Plant Pathogen Interaction
8 Effect of Environmental Factors and Nutrition on Disease Development
9 Survival and Dispersal of Plant Pathogens
10 Plant Disease Epidemiology and Plant Disease Forecasting
11 Management of Plant Diseases
12 Plant Diseases Caused By Fungi—Characteristics and Classification of Plant Pathogenic Fungi
13 Rots, Damping Offs, Downy Mildews and White Rusts
14 Powdery Mildews
15 Smuts and Bunts
16 Rusts
17 Wilts, Root Rots and Head Blight
18 Leaf Spots, Leaf Blights and Anthracnoses
19 Galls and Abnormal Growths
20 Post-Harvest Diseases of Fruits, Vegetables and Post-Harvest Decay of Grains and Legumes
21 Root Diseases
22 Seed-Borne Diseases
23 Plant Diseases Caused by Mollicutes: Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas
24 Bacteria and Bacterial Diseases
25 Viruses, Viroids and Their Diseases
26 Diseases Caused by Nematodes and Flagellates
27 Diseases Due to Angiospermic Parasites
28 Non–Infectious or Abiotic Diseases
29 Application of Biotechnology in Plant Pathology
30 Phytopathological Techniques in Plant Pathology
Index