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Level 3 ( elective courses)


 

Course Title: Clinical Plant Pathology (Theory)

Course Number: PPATH 3101


Credits: 1               Contact Hours:  2                        Level: 3    Semester: 1

          

Rationale:

Provide basic knowledge on diagnosis of plant diseases in clinic. 

 

Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)

 

1. Describe clinical plant pathology and plant disease clinic

2. Explain clinical investigation plant diseases.  

3. Understand national phytosanitary procedures.

 

Mapping CLO with PLO

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CLO 3

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Summary of course content:

 

Course  Content

Aligned CLO

No. of Lectures

Concept, scope and significance of clinical plant pathology

 

CLO 1

3

Maintenance of clinical instruments and associated facilities

 

CLO 1

1

Procedure of disease sample collection, registration and preservation

 

CLO 2

4

Diagnosis and writing prescription for plant disease specimens.

 

CLO 2

3

Disease diagnosis systems in different quarantine stations and issuing phytosanitary certificates

CLO 2

2

Field visit for diseased sample collections

 

CLO 2

1

**Phytosinitiary recognition : ISO

Study tour/field trip to quarantine stations, airport, land port and seaport for learning the country-wide disease diagnosis system.

 

CLO 3

2

 

 

 

 

Books Recommended:

 

Chakravarti B.P. 2005. Methods of Bacterial Plant Pathology. Agrotech, Udaipur. Kolte S.J. Essential of Plant Pathological Techniques.

Fitsum Sileshi, Teshome Galano and Beka Biri. 2016. Plant Disease Diagnosis._Practical Laboratory Manual. ResearhGate publication.

Gajendra Jagtap and Utpal Dey. 2012. Practical Manual on Fundamantals of Plant Pathology: Plant pathogens Paperback , LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.

George N. Agrios. 2005. Plant Pathology, 5th Edn.. Elsevier Academic Press, 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA.

Maria Lodovica Gullino and Peter J. M. Bonants. 2008. Detection and Diagnostics of Plant Pathogens. Plant Pathology in the 21st Century Series, started in the occasion of the IX International Congress of Plant Pathology, Torino, 2008.

Ruth M. Kerruish, Phillip W. Unger, Adrienne L. Walkington. 2010. PLANT PROTECTION 1: Pests, Diseases and Weeds, 4th edition. RootRot Press - ACT 22 Lynch Street, Hughes, ACT, Australia 2605.

Sharma, S. R., Satish Kumar, V.P. Sharma. 2007. Diseases and Competitor Moulds of Mushrooms and their Management. National Research Centre for Mushroom (ICAR), Chambaghat, Solan – 173 213 (HP), INDIA .

Trigiano R.N, Windham M.T & Windham A.S. 2004.Plant Pathology-Concepts and Laboratory Exercises. CRC Press, Florida.

Webster J. and R. W. S. Weber 2007. Introduction to Fungi. 3rd Edn. Cambridge University Press, New York.