Plant Pathology: An Introduction

The term plant pathology has been derived from the three Greek words
Phytopathology 
Phyton - plant , Pathos - Ailments , logus - knowledge
Disease is a malfunctioning alteration of one or more ordered processes of energy utilization in a living system , caused by the continued irritation of a primary factor 
•Indian writer Surapal - 
book Vraksha Ayurveda 

•Theophrastus - book ' Enquiry into plants'

• Leeuwenhock invented the microscope in 1675

De Barry discovered the heteroecious nature of the rust fungus. Because of his great contributions De Bary was given the title " Father of mycology".

Julius Koon in in 1858 wrote the first book on plant pathology in which he provided valuable information regarding the role of fungi in plant disease development
Julius Koon is therefore called the father of Modern Plant pathology

* Downey mildew of grapes was introduced into Europe from America in 1878 prof. Millardet of France discovered Bordeaux mixture for the control of this disease.
After the invention of Electron microscope by knoll & Ruska (1932) 
The term viroid was given by T.O. Diener 

Potato spindle tuber was the first disease reported to have been caused by a viroid 
*K.R.Kirtikar was pioneer worker on plant pathology in India 

*E. J. Butler of imperial research institute, Pusa (Bihar) before 1910 , did detailed studies of fungi and disesaes caused by them . He wrote a book  "Fungi and diseases in plants"
He is therefore called the Father of modern plant pathology in India 

* Phytopathology in 1948 Dr. Karam Chand Mehta ( K .C. Mehta) of Agra college discovered diseases cycle of cereal rust in India

*Prof. Jaichand Luthra and Sattar developed solar treatment technique of seeds to control loose smut disesase in wheat .
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