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The country adopted the Green Revolution model—an input- and chemical-intensive model—in the 1960s to increase food production. The focus was on development of new varieties and increased use of synthetic fertilizers and irrigation for increasing food production. This approach succeeded in increasing food production but failed the test of sustainability.
The book entitled Principles of Plant Pathology written by me is dedicated to my parents, who sacrificed everything to give me the most and best education possible, to my wife, ‘Archana’ whose love and support have been the most precious things to me throughout our life together, andm who helped me in many facets of preparation of this and of previous books and finally, to “Saumya” and “Adyan”, our youngest children, who, someday, when they read their names in the book, may be reassured of “Papa” love for them, and may feel proud of their father.
1.Preface
2.Natural farming
3.Plant pathology: definition, objectives, scope and importance
4.Plant diseases: definitions, importance, and concepts
5.Cause/Factors affecting disease development: disease triangle and tetrahedron
6.Classification of plant diseases
7.Important plant pathogenic organisms
8.Different groups: fungi, bacteria, fastidious vesicular bacteria, phytoplasmas, spiroplasmas, viruses, viroids, algae, protozoa, phanerogamic parasites and nematodes
9.Pathogenesis
10.Koch’s postulates
11.Role of enzymes, toxins and growth regulators in disease development
12.Defense mechanism in plants
13.Epidemiology: factors affecting disease development
14.Survey, surveillance and vigilance
15.Crop loss assessment and models
16.Principles and pre-requisites of forecasting of diseases
17.Principles of plant disease management
18.Host plant resistance
19.Cultural management
20.Physical control
21.Legislative control
22.Biological control
23.Ecological management of crop environment
24.Role of soil microbiome in disease management
25.Suppressive soils: concepts & potentialities for managing soil borne pathogens
26.Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr) & their use in plant protection
27.Heritage of plant protection in natural farming
28.Plant Protection through Botanicals,
29.ITKs related to management of plant diseases
30.Symptoms, etiology, disease cycle and management of major diseases of field crops and horticulture crops
