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TERMS AND CONCEPTS USED IN PLANT PATHOLOGY
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CLASSIFICATION OF FUNGICIDES BASED ON CHEMICAL NATURE
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CLASSIFICATION OF FUNGICIDES BASED ON METHOD OF APPLICATION
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Learn introduction to plant pathology with Braimy – B.sc Agriculture
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1) B.B MUNDKUR:

  • He worked on the control of cotton wilt diseases.
  • He is responsible for the identification and classification of large number of Indian smut fungi
  • He started Indian Phytopathological Society in 1948 and published a journal Indian Phytopathology.
  • His book – Fungi and Plant diseases.

2) J.F.DASTUR:

  • First Indian plant pathologist who was credited for his detailed studies on fungi and plant diseases.
  • He studied the characters of Phytophthora and Phytophthora diseases of potato and castor.
  • He established Phytophthora parasitica from castor.

3) K.C. MEHTA – Life cycle of cereal rusts in India

4) T.S. SADASIVAN

  • Started the studies on bio-chemistry of host-parasite relationship at University of Madras
  • Contributed to the concept of vivotoxins
  • Studied on mechanism of wilting in cotton by Fusarium vasinfectum. The production of fusaric acid by this fungus outside the host was demonstrated.


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