Plant pathology is defined as the study of the organisms and environmental conditions that cause disease in plants, the mechanisms by which this occurs, the interactions between these causal agents and the plant, and the methods of managing or controlling plant disease. The text Modern Plant Pathology provides extensive coverage of abiotic, fungal, viral, bacterial, nematode and other plant diseases and their associated epidemiology. A review on gray mold of castor has been discussed in first chapter. The effect of nutrition and soil function on pathogens of tropical tree crops has been investigated in second chapter. Third chapter discusses on taxonomic review of and development of a lucid key for Philippine cercosporoids and related fungi. Taxonomy and pathology of togninia (diaporthales) and its phaeoacremonium anamorphs have been focused in fourth chapter. Fifth chapter discusses how novel elicitors induce defense responses in cut flowers. Functional identification of genes encoding effector proteins in Magnaporthe oryzae has been focused in sixth chapter. Molecular tools for detection of plant pathogenic fungi and fungicide resistance have been described in last chapter.
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