Disease Management in Horticulture crops
Course Overview
Official detailed syllabus from the ICAR Sixth Deans’ Committee curriculum.
Course Objectives
i. To identify various pathogen structures and diagnose the diseases of horticultural crops in field ii. To understand the disease cycle and epidemiology of various diseases of horticultural crops iii. To give an overview of various disease management methods (cultural, physical biological, chemical)
Theory Syllabus
Etiology, symptoms, mode of spread, epidemiology and integrated management of the diseases under protected conditions and of fruits, plantation, medicinal, aromatic, vegetables, ornamental, and spice crops viz mango, litchi, banana, grape, citrus, guava, sapota, papaya, jack fruit, pineapple, pomegranate, ber, apple, pear, peach, plum, almond, walnut, strawberry, tomato, brinjal, chilli, bhindi, cabbage, cauliflower, radish, knol-khol, pea, beans, beet root, onion, garlic, fenugreek, ginger, potato, areca nut, coconut, oil palm, coffee, tea, cocoa, cashew, rubber, betel vine, senna, neem, hemp, belladonna, pyrethrum, camphor, costus, crotalaria, datura, dioscorea, mint, opium, Solanum khasianum, Tephrosia, turmeric, pepper, cumin, cardamom, nutmeg, coriander, clove, cinnamon, jasmine, rose, crossed, tuberose, gerbera, anthurium, geranium, marigold, gladiolus. Important post-harvest diseases of fruit, plantation, medicinal, aromatic, vegetables, ornamental and spice crops and their management. Etiology, symptoms and integrated management of important plant parasitic nematodes of fruits – (tropical, sub-tropical and temperate) vegetables, tuber, ornamental, spice and plantation crops. Role of nematodes in plant disease complex.
Practical Syllabus
Observations of disease symptoms, identification of casual organisms and host parasite relationship of important diseases of fruits, plantation, medicinal, aromatic, vegetables, ornamental and spice crops. Collection and preservation of diseased plant specimen.
Suggested Readings
1. Gupta S K and Thind T S. 2018. Disease Problems in Vegetable Production. Scientific Publishers India, 586p.
2. Gupta S K, Sharma R C and Sharma M. 2017. Diseases of Vegetable. Ornamental and Spice crops. Scientific Publishers India.
3. Mehrotra R S and Aggarwal A. 2003. Plant Pathology. (2nd Edn.). Tata Mc Graw Hill Publication Com Ltd, P.846.
4. Pathak V N 1989. Diseases of fruit crops. Oxford and IBH Publication Comp. New Delhi, 309p.
5. Rangaswami G and Mahadevan A 2002. Diseases of Crop Plants in India (4th Edn.). Prentice Hall of India Pvt Ltd. New Delhi, 536p.
6. Singh R S. 1987. Diseases of Vegetable Crops (2nd Edn.). Oxford and IBH Publication, New Delhi.
7. Singh R S 2018. Plant Diseases (10th edn.) Oxford and IBH Publication, New Delhi, 821p.
8. Singh R S 2018. Diseases of Fruit Crops (2nd Edn.). Med Tech. New Delhi, 281p.