DISEASES OF FIELD & HORTICULTURAL CROPS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT-I

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Course Name : DISEASES OF FIELD & HORTICULTURAL CROPS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT-I

Code(Credit) : ASPP2202 (2-1-0)

Course Objectives

To familiarize the students about the causal organism, symptomatology, etiology and epidemiology of the important diseases of field and horticulture crops for devising efficient management strategies against them

CO - PO Mapping

COs Course outcomes Mapping COs with POs
CO1 Students acquire knowledge on plant disease diagnosis and devising   management strategies against them. PO1, PO2
CO2 Students gain hands-on training on isolation and identification of plant pathogens. PO1, PO2
CO3 Instill confidence in students for setting up agri-clinics and other agri-enterprises farmer PO2

PO1: Knowledge Enhancement

PO2: Professional Enhancement

Course Syllabus

Theory

Symptoms, etiology, disease cycle and management of major diseases of following crops: Field Crops: Rice: blast, brown spot, bacterial blight, sheath blight, false smut, khaira, tungro, Stem Rot, Sheath Rot, Bacterial Leaf Streak; Maize: stalk rots, downy mildew, leaf spots, Banded sheath blight, Northern corn leaf spot, Maize Mosaic; Sorghum: smuts, grain mold and anthracnose, Bajra :downy mildew and ergot; Groundnut: early and late leaf spots, wilt, Stem rot, Soybean: Rhizoctonia blight, bacterial spot, seed and seedling rot, soybean mosaic mosaic, Yellow Mosaic; Pigeonpea: Phytophthora blight, wilt and sterility mosaic; Finger millet: Blast and leaf spot; black & green gram: Cercospora leaf spot and anthracnose, web blight and yellow mosaic; Castor: Phytophthora blight; Tobacco: black shank, black root rot, mosaic, Damping off and Orobanche. Horticultural Crops: Guava: wilt and anthracnose; Banana: Panama wilt, bacterial wilt, Sigatoka , bunchy top, Bract Mosaic, Infectious chlorosis, Anthracnose; Papaya: foot rot, leaf curl and mosaic; Pomegranate: bacterial blight; Cruciferous vegetables: Alternaria leaf spot, black rot;  White rust and Club root; Brinjal: Phomopsis blight and fruit rot and Sclerotinia blight; Tomato: damping off, wilt, early and late blight, buck eye rot and leaf curl, mosaic, Powdery Mildew, Root Knot; Okra: Yellow Vein Mosaic; Beans: anthracnose and bacterial blight; Ginger: soft rot; Colocasia: Phytophthora blight; Coconut: wilt, bud rot; Tea: blister blight; Coffee: rust

Practical
Identification and histopathological studies of selected diseases of field and horticultural crops covered in theory. Field visit for the diagnosis of field problems. Collection and preservation of plant diseased specimens for Herbarium.

Reference Books

Singh, R.S.2005. Plant Diseases. Oxford & IBH Publications, New Delhi

Rangaswami, G & Mahadevan, K.2001. Diseases of crop plants in India, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

Chaube, H.S and V.S. Pundhir,2012. Crop Diseases & Their Management. PHI Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

Mehrotra, R.S. and Aggarwal, A. 2003. Plant Pathology. Mc Graw Hill Education India.

Session Plan

Theory  (32)

Session 1

Introduction to basic concepts in plant pathology

Video

Session 1 Notes 

Introduction to plant pathology

Session 2 

QUIZ

Model paper

Session 3

Symptoms, etiology and management of diseases of rice: blast, brown spot and sheath blight

Video 1

Video 2

Session 3 Notes

Rice 1

Session 4

Symptoms, etiology and management of rice diseases: false smut, bacterial leaf blight, tungro and khaira disease

Video 1

Session 4 Notes

Rice 2

Session 5

Symptoms, etiology and management of rice diseases: minor diseases

Video

Session 5 Notes

Rice 3

Session 6

Symptoms, etiology and management of maize diseases: stalk rots, downy mildew, leaf spots

Video

Session 6 Notes

Maize

Session 7

Symptoms, etiology and management of maize diseases: minor diseases

Video

Session 7 Notes

Maize 2

Session 8

Symptoms, etiology and management of sorghum diseases: smuts, grain mold and anthracnose

Video 1

Video 2

Session 8 Notes

Sorghum

Session 9

Symptoms, etiology, disease cycle, and management of Bajra : downy mildew and ergot

Video 

Session 9 Notes

Bajra 

Session  10

Symptoms, etiology, disease cycle, and management of  ragi :Blast and Leaf spot

Video

Session 10 Notes

Finger Millet

Session 12

Symptoms, etiology, disease cycle, and management of Soybean: Rhizoctonia blight, bacterial spot

Video

Session  12 Notes

SOYBEAN 1

Session 11

Symptoms, etiology and management of groundnut diseases: early and late leaf spots, wilt

Video

Session 11Notes

Groundnut

Session 13

Symptoms, etiology and management of soybean diseases:Seed and seedling rot and mosaic

Video

Session 13 Notes

SOYBEAN 2

Session 14

Symptoms, etiology and management of pigeon pea diseases: phytophthora blight, wilt and sterility mosaic

Video

Session 14 Notes

PIGEON PEA

Session 15

Symptoms, etiology and management of other pulses: cercospora leaf spot and anthracnose, web blight and yellow mosaic

Video

SESSION 15

BLACK GRAM AND GREEN GRAM

Session 16

Symptoms, etiology and management of castor diseases: phytophthora blight

Video

SESSION 16

Castor

Session 17

Symptoms, etiology and management of tobacco diseases: black shank, black root rot and mosaic

Video

SESSION 17

Tobacco

Session 18

Symptoms, etiology and management of guava diseases: wilt, leaf spots

Video 

SESSION 18

GUAVA

Session 19

Symptoms, etiology and management of banana diseases: panama wilt, bacterial wilt, sigatoka

Video

SESSION 19

BANANA

Session 20

Symptoms, etiology and management of banana diseases : viral diseases

Video

SESSION 20

Session 21

Symptoms, etiology and management of papaya diseases: foot rot, leaf curl and mosaic

Video

SESSION 21

PAPAYA

Session 22

Symptoms, etiology and management of pomegranate diseases: bacterial blight

Video

SESSION 22

Session 23

Symptoms, etiology and management of cruciferous vegetable diseases: alternaria leaf spot and black rot

Video

SESSION 23

CRUCIFERS VEGETABLE

Session 24

Symptoms, etiology and management of brinjal diseases: phomopsis blight and fruit rot and sclerotinia blight

https://youtu.be/6pUfl36BUQo

SESSION 24

BRINJAL

Session 25

Symptoms, etiology, disease cycle, and management of tomato:  early and late blight, Damping-off and wilt

Video

SESSION 25

tomato

Session 26

Symptoms, etiology, disease cycle, and management of tomato diseases:  buck eye rot and viral diseases of Tomato

Video

SESSION 26

tomato

Session 27

Symptoms, etiology and management of okra diseases: yellow vein mosaic, powdery mildew

Video

SESSION 27

Bhindi

Session 28

Symptoms, etiology, disease cycle, and management of Beans: anthracnose and bacterial blight

Video

SESSION 28

Session 29

Symptoms, etiology, disease cycle, and management of Ginger: soft ro

Video

SESSION 29

Session 30

Symptoms, etiology, disease cycle, and management of  Colocasia: Phytophthora blight

Video

SESSION 30

COLOCASIA

Session 31

Symptoms, etiology and management of coconut diseases: wilt and bud rot

Video

SESSION 31

COCONUT

Session 32

Symptoms, etiology and management of tea and coffee: blister blight;  rust

Video

SESSION 32

TEA AND COFEE

Practical ( 16)

Session 1

Acquaintance with laboratory instruments

Video

Session 1 notes

Session 2

Introduction to Microscopy

Video

Session 2 notes

Session 3

Slide preparation from diseased plant specimens

Video

Session 3 notes

Session 4

Isolation of fungal pathogen from diseased samples

Video

Session 4 notes

Session 5

Isolation of bacterial  pathogen from diseased samples

Video

Session 5 notes

Session 6

Identification and histopathological studies of diseases of  rice

Video

Session 6 notes

Session 7

Identification and histopathological studies of diseases of sorghum and maize

Video 1

Video 2

Session 7 notes

Session 8

Identification and histopathological studies of diseases of groundnut, bajra and ragi.

Video 1

Video 2

Session 8 notes

Session 9

Identification and histopathological studies of diseases of  soybean and pulses

Video 1

Video 2

Session 9 notes

Session 10

Identification and histopathological studies of diseases of castor, Tobacco and Guava

Video 1

Video 2

Session 10 notes

Session 11

Identification and histopathological studies of diseases of  banana, papaya and pomegranate

Video 1

Video 2

Session 11 notes

Session 12

Identification and histopathological studies of diseases of  cruciferous vegetables, brinjal and tomato

Video 1

Video 2

Session 12 notes

Session 13

Identification and histopathological studies of diseases of ginger, turmeric, colocasia

Video 1

Video 2

Session 13 notes

Session 14

Identification and histopathological studies of diseases of  tea, coffee, coconut and arecanut

Video 1

Video 2

Session 14 notes

Session 15 & 16

Field Visits

Video 1

Video 2

 

Contents Revised

1. The following diseases have been introduced new in syllabus

Rice - Stem Rot, Sheath Rot, Bacterial Leaf Streak

Maize - Banded sheath blight, Northern corn leaf spot

Soybean – Yellow mosaic

Tobacco – Damping off, Orobanche

Banana - Bract Mosaic, Infectious chlorosis

Cruciferous Crops - White rust, Club root

2. The old fungicides were replaced with new generation fungicides

3. New resistant varieties of the crops have been added

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Dr. Aravind. T is working as Asst. Professor in Department of Plant Pathology, M.S. Swaminathan School of Agriculture, Centurion University of Technology and Management, India. He completed his graduation from Kerala Agriculture University, Kerala, Post-graduation from Anand Agriculture University, Gujarat and Ph. D from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttarakhand India. He […]