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):
1 Symptom of the plant diseases
Lecture Notes (Practical):