PLP 340 Diseases of Field Crops

PLP 340 Diseases of Field Crops

Credit: Theory 3 + Practical 1

Offering Term: Autumn, For Third Year students

A. Theory

Etiology, symptoms, mode of spread, survival of the pathogen, epidemiology, disease cycle, and management of diseases of different field crops:

(i) Diseases of cereals: Rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, barley, millet.

(ii) Diseases of fiber crops: Jute, kanaf, mesta, cotton.

(iii) Disease of oilseeds: Mustard, sesame, sunflower, groundnut, soybean.

(iv) Diseases of Pulses: Blackgram, mungbean, green gram, peas, lentil, chickpea, cowpea.

(v) Diseases of sugar crops: Sugarcane, sugarbeet.

B. Practical:

Collection and preservation of disease specimens
Study of symptoms and causal agents of the major diseases of rice, wheat, maize, jute, sugarcane, and pulse and oilseeds.
Visit fields for observation and collection of disease specimens.
Each student needs to submit a herbarium having at least 50 disease specimens.

Selected References

G.N. Agrios 2000. Plant Pathology, 4th Edition Academic Press, Singapore.
R.S. Singh 1998. Plant Diseases. Oxford & IBH Publication, New Delhi.
R.S Mehrotra. 1980. Plant Pathology, Tata Mc Grow Mill Pub. Co. New Delhi.
G. Rangaswami 1998. Diseases of Crop Plants in India. Prentice-Hall of India Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi.
A. Mishra, A. Bohra and A. Mishra, 2005. Plant Pathology- Diseases and Management. Agrobios, India.
G.P. Gupta, 2004. Text Book of Plant Diseases. Discovery Publishing House, New Delhi, India.
K.M. Chadniwala, 2003. Bacterial Diseases in Plants. Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India.
S. Sundara Rajan. 2000. Practical Manual of Fungi. Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, India.

Lecture Notes (Theory):

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