About the Book

Concept in Plant Pathology

Plant Pathology is a comprehensively compiled work and contains fundamental facts and aspects of plant pathology. It will serve as an introduction to plant pathology for the beginners in this field. The text includes diseases in all crop plants giving details of symptoms, disease cycle and control measures. The book covers the entire field of plant pathology. It provides up-to-date information and discussess both general and specialised topics. Almost all types of diseases are covered, including Soil Born diseases, Leaf diseases, Fruit diseases and vegetable Crops diseases, diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, mycoplasms and nematodes. Life and diseases cycles of important plant pathogens are adequately covered. The text is profusely illustrated figures in the form of line diagrams and photographs. With its coverage, apart from the plant pathology courses, the book also meets the complete requirements of agriculture and botany students. CONTENTS : (1)Plant Disease (2)Plant Pathogens (3)Soil Born Diseases (4)Leaf Diseases (5)Infections of Corn (6)Fruit Diseases (7)Diseases of Vegetable Crops (8)Control of Diseases.