"Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors)."
Study of the spread and control of plant diseases, including the role of environmental factors, host resistance, and management strategies.
Epidemiology fundamentals: This includes the basics of epidemiology such as how diseases spread, incidence and prevalence, and morbidity and mortality rates.
Concepts of plant pathology: This includes common terminologies, forms of plant diseases, symptoms, and signs of plant diseases.
Pathogenicity in plants: This includes learning how pathogens infect and cause disease in plants, their hosts, and the interaction between the two.
Diagnosis of plant diseases: This includes the use of physical, chemical, and biological methods to identify plant diseases and their causal agents.
Epidemiological research and design: This includes various research designs in epidemiology such as observational, experimental, and quasi-experimental.
Data collection and analysis: This includes methods of collecting data in epidemiology and analyzing the data to make conclusions.
Prevention and control: This includes the various practices used to prevent the spread of diseases in plants, including planting resistant crops, using crop rotation, and chemical control.
Economic impacts: This includes the financial implications of plant diseases on farmers, agribusiness, and society as a whole.
Emerging diseases: This includes new or re-emerging plant diseases and their implications on food security and biosecurity.
Public health perspectives: This includes the role of epidemiology and plant pathology in public health programs and policies to protect human health and the environment in agriculture.
Phytopathological epidemiology: This type of epidemiology focuses on the study of plant diseases and covers different aspects of plant pathology, such as disease spread, host-pathogen interactions, and genetic resistance.
Weed epidemiology: This type of epidemiology deals with the occurrence, spread, and control of weeds, including their interactions with crops, pests, and the environment.
Insect epidemiology: This type of epidemiology focuses on insect-borne diseases that affect plants, including the study of insect vectors, host-pathogen interactions, and disease control.
Fungal epidemiology: This type of epidemiology specializes in the study of fungal diseases that affect plants, including the identification and classification of fungal pathogens, disease spread, and control measures.
Bacterial epidemiology: This type of epidemiology deals with bacterial diseases of plants and includes the study of bacterial virulence, host-pathogen interactions, and control strategies.
Viral epidemiology: This type of epidemiology focuses on the study of viruses that infect plants, including virus transmission, virulence, and disease control.
Nematode epidemiology: This type of epidemiology deals with the study of nematode-borne diseases that affect plants, including nematode identification, pathogenesis, and control measures.
Integrated pest management (IPM) epidemiology: This type of epidemiology involves the use of multiple pest management strategies to control the spread and damage caused by plant pathogens, including the use of cultural, mechanical, and biological control measures.
Molecular epidemiology: This type of epidemiology uses molecular biology techniques to study the genetic diversity, evolution, and spread of plant pathogens.
Ecological epidemiology: This type of epidemiology takes a broader perspective and studies the interactions between plant pathogens, their hosts, and the surrounding environment, including the effects of climate change, land use, and biodiversity on disease spread and control.
"Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, viroids, virus-like organisms, phytoplasmas, protozoa, nematodes, and parasitic plants."
"Not included are ectoparasites like insects, mites, vertebrate, or other pests that affect plant health by eating plant tissues."
"Plant pathology also involves the study of pathogen identification, disease etiology, disease cycles, economic impact, plant disease epidemiology, plant disease resistance, how plant diseases affect humans and animals, pathosystem genetics, and management of plant diseases."
"...diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors)."
"...economic impact, plant disease epidemiology..."
"...how plant diseases affect humans and animals..."
"...pathosystem genetics, and management of plant diseases."
"Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, viroids, virus-like organisms, phytoplasmas, protozoa, nematodes, and parasitic plants."
"Plant pathology also involves the study of pathogen identification, disease etiology, disease cycles..."
"Plant pathology also involves the study of... plant disease resistance..."
"Plant pathology also involves the study of pathogen identification..."
"Organisms that cause infectious disease... affect plant health..."
"Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms)..."
"Plant pathology also involves the... management of plant diseases."
"Organisms that cause infectious disease include... oomycetes, bacteria, viruses..."
"Organisms that cause infectious disease... affect plant health..."
"Plant pathology also involves the study of... economic impact..."
"Plant pathology also involves the study of... plant disease epidemiology..."
"Plant pathology also involves the study of... economic impact..."