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

  1. To acquire the knowledge on plant disease diagnosis and devising management strategies against them.
  2. To gain hands-on training on isolation and identification of plant pathogens.
  3. To instill confidence in students for setting up agri-clinics and other agri-enterprises for farmers

Course  Outcomes

CO1: Students acquire knowledge on plant disease diagnosis

CO2: Students gain hands-on training on isolation and identification of plant pathogens

CO3: Students gains experience for devising management strategies against major plant diseases

CO4: Students gain knowledge on online platforms and mobile applications for identification and management of plant diseases

CO5: Instill confidence in students for setting up agri-clinics and other agri-enterprises for farmers

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

https://youtu.be/iWpIhc1g8is

Introduction to plant pathology

SESSION 1

SESSION 2 : QUIZ

QUIZ

SESSION 3

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

https://youtu.be/KAlvzK_391s https://youtu.be/p8MGjRjhxrM

Rice 1

SESSION 3

Session 4

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

 

https://youtu.be/p8MGjRjhxrM

SESSION 4

Rice 2

Session 5

Symptoms, etiology and management of rice diseases: minor diseases

https://youtu.be/7ZIH9QmlI2U 

SESSION 5

Rice 3

Session 6

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

 

https://youtu.be/SWwapLBacEA

SESSION 6

DISEASES OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS)

Session 7

Symptoms, etiology and management of maize diseases: minor diseases

 

https://youtu.be/5eEjDsLu1DQ

SESSION 7

maize 2

Session 8

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

https://youtu.be/-gJLP0dq4uE

https://youtu.be/8WrWq7EiuHo

SESSION 8

sorghum

Session 9 & 10

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY3KmyGm8zw

 

SESSION 9 & 10

Bajra or Pearl millet

Finger Millet

Session 11

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

 

https://youtu.be/AYNQuSCXVec

SESSION 11

Groundnut

Session 12

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

https://youtu.be/elVSfq_FFyI

SESSION 12

SOYBEAN 1

Session 13

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

https://youtu.be/8ZL0-Lytdgk

SESSION 13

SOYBEAN 2

Session 14

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

https://youtu.be/WOo5UqL9ZLg

https://youtu.be/-Zo_RslCW4I

SESSION 14

PIGEON PEA

Session 15

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

https://youtu.be/DOoSiGuy5Bw

SESSION 15

BLACK GRAM AND GREEN GRAM

Session 16

Symptoms, etiology and management of castor diseases: phytophthora blight

https://youtu.be/4u6aAkBZXv0

SESSION 16

Castor

Session 17

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

https://youtu.be/XFlERecpA_o

SESSION 17

Tobacco

Session 18

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

 

https://youtu.be/Hg0Q9BXDJ54

SESSION 18

GUAVA

Session 19

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

https://youtu.be/p2HHA4Q7vKI

SESSION 19

BANANA

Session 20

Symptoms, etiology and management of banana diseases : viral diseases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPKR8Ra1bxk

SESSION 20

Session 21

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

https://youtu.be/WFdzu0c0JFs

SESSION 21

PAPAYA

Session 22

Symptoms, etiology and management of pomegranate diseases: bacterial blight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt4mi0i5PCU

SESSION 22

Session 23

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

https://youtu.be/3GWLzv6jjF0

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

https://youtu.be/ckb0yZO9VrY

SESSION 25

tomato

Session 26

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

https://youtu.be/ckb0yZO9VrY

SESSION 26

tomato

Session 27

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

https://youtu.be/pfBIZAs3STo

SESSION 27

Bhindi

Session 28

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

 

https://youtu.be/mYzgz3YEkno

SESSION 28

Session 29

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Edmc1cwjFE

SESSION 29

Session 30

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

https://youtu.be/40c0hxmDNB0

 

SESSION 30

COLOCASIA

 

 

Session 31

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj2FeNjHhHk

SESSION 31

COCONUT

Session 32

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

https://youtu.be/7OwTJ-BykvI

SESSION 32

TEA AND COFEE

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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 […]