Plant Pathology Research Institute, Faisalabad

 

What is Plant Pathology? Top
The study of Plant Diseases  
   
What is Plant disease? Top
Any physiological and morphological abnormality in the plant is called disease.  
   
How Plant diseases are management? Top
  • Cultural control
  • Biological Control
  • Chemical Control
 
   
How plant diseases are spread? Top

Plant diseases spread by:

  • Soil
  • Seed
  • Air
  • Water
  • Insect vectors
  • Weeds
  • Contaminated equipments
  • Humans
 
   
What is the role of seed in Plant Pathology? Top
Infected seed introduces the disease in field, in an country and in a continent.  
   
What are the symptoms of the root rot? Top
Shredding and splitting of the bark of the root.  
   
What are the symptoms of the gummosis? Top

Exudation of the gum from splitted bark and rottening of the stem.

 
   
What is a Citrus Canker? Top

It is a bacterial disease and cankers forms on leaves, stem and on fruit.

 
   
What are dieback symptoms? Top
Drying of branches from top to downward.  
   
What is the remedy of rottening of barseem? Top
Immediately application of fungicide after the 1st 2nd and 3rd cutting.  
   
What is the organic management of Plant Diseases? Top

To management the plant diseases through cultural and Biological ways.

 
   

What is downy mildew?

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Whitish cottony fungal growth on leaves and fruits  
   
What are the favourable environmental conditions for downy mildew of fruit and vegetables? Top
  • Temperature  = 15-24
  • Humidity = above 80 %
 
   

What is powdery mildew?

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Whitish powdery fungal growth on leaves and fruits.  
   
What are the favourable environmental conditions for powdery mildew of fruit and vegetables? Top
  • Temperature  = 25-35 oC
  • Humidity = less than 60 %
 
   

What are plant parasitic nematodes?

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A round shape microscopic worm attacks on plants  
   

What is blight?

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Burning of leaves stem and fruit