Description
Wiley India Textbook Of Plant Pathology by A V S S Sambamurty
The book is divided into two parts, namely, Principles of plant pathology and important plant diseases in crops. Principles of plant pathology include history of plant pathology, symptoms of plant diseases, epidemiology and forecasting of plant diseases, host-parasite inter-relationships and their interactions, effect of climatic conditions on plant diseases, physiologic specialization, defence mechanism, methods of studying plant diseases, principles of plant disease control. Some diseases caused in different crop plants like cereals, pulses, vegetables, oilseeds, fibre crops, spices, condiments, fruits, sugarcane, tea, coffee and tobacco etc. are discussed in detail.
About the Author
A.V.S.S. Sambamurty, Senior Reader, Department of Botany, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, has been teaching Genetics and Taxonomy to B.Sc. (Gen.) and B.Sc. (Hons.) students for the past three decades. He is a Fellow of the Genetic Society of India and the Botanical Society of India, besides being a member of several scientific bodies. He has authored more than 15 textbooks for B.Sc. and M.Sc. students of Botany. Some of them include: Taxonomy of Angiosperms; A Textbook of Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Paleobotany, and A Text book of Algae.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
BOOK REVIEW
History of Plant Pathology
Significance of Plant Pathology
Host-Pathogen Relationships (Pathogenesity)
Classification of Plant Diseases and Principles of Plant Pathology
Genetics of Pathogenisity
Chemotherapy of Plant Diseases
Mycoplasms
Viral Diseases
Bacteria and Bacterial Diseases
Plant Galls
Plant Diseases
Fungi — Type Study
Classification of Fungi
Introduction to Fungi
Important Questions
Ecology, Economic Importance and Fungal Biotechnology