Modern Plant Pathology

Modern Plant Pathology by H. C. Dube Contents 1. HISTORY OF PLANT PATHOLOGY 2. SOME DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS 3. FUNGI AS PLANT PATHOGENS 4. BACTERIA AS PLANT PATHOGENS 5. FASTIDIOUS VASCULAR COLONIZING BACTERIA 6. VIRUSES AS PLANT PATHOGENS 7. SUB-VIRAL PLANT PATHOGENS (VIRAL SATELLITES, VIROIDS AND PRIONS) 8. NEMATODES AS PLANT PATHOGENS 9. ANGIOSPERMS AS PLANT PATHOGENS 10. D PARASITIC GREEN ALGAE AS PLANT PATHOGENS 11. NONINFECTIOUS, ABIOTIC PLANT DISEASE AGENTS (NON-PARASITIC OR PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS) 12. CELL WALL DEGRADING ENZYMES IN PLANT PATHOGENESIS 13. TOXINS IN PLANT PATHOGENESIS 14. DISEASE RESISTANCE: I PROTECTION 15. DISEASE RESISTANCE: II DEFENSE (ACTIVE, OR INDUCED RESISTANCE) 16. GENETICS OF HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS AND SPECIFICITY 17. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE DISEASED PLANT 18. PLANT DISEASE MANAGEMENT (=PLANT DISEASE CONTROL) I-PREVENTION 19. PLANT DISEASE MANAGEMENT (=PLANT DISEASE CONTROL) II- CURE (=THERAPY) 20. CHEMICALS IN PLANT DISEASE MANAGEMENT 21. LEAF SPOTS AND BLIGHTS 22. MOSAICS, YELLOWS, LEAF CURLS AND OTHER ABNORMALITIES (VIRUS AND PHYTOPLASMA DISEASES) 23. WILTS 24. ROTS: DAMPING-OFF OF SEEDLINGS; SOFT ROTS AND DRY ROTS 25. ABNORMAL GROWTHS: GALLS, LEAFY GALLS, SHOOT PROLIFERATIONS AND FASCIATIONS 26. DOWNY MILDEWS 27. POWDERY MILDEWS 28. SMUTS AND BUNTS 29. RUSTS 30. GLOSSORY 31. AUTHOR INDEX 32. ORGANISM INDEX 33. SUBJECT INDEX