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Forest Pathology
- Plant diseases symptom and control measures
- Protection against damage by disease
What is Pathology? Study of disease.
What is Plant Pathology? Study of disease in plant
What is Forest Pathology? It is a branch of plant pathology that deals with the diseases of forest trees.
Objectives
- Causes of diseases?
- Mechanisms of disease development
- Interactions between the plant and the pathogens?
- Methods of controlling the diseases
What is Disease?
- “Sustained physiological and structural disturbances of living tissues and organs”
- Ending sometimes in DEATH
Classification of Disease
- Pathogenic: Caused by pathogens; fungi, bacteria, virus
- Non-pathogenic or physiological: Caused by adverse environmental factors
Mechanism
- Utilizing the host cell content
- Causing death of cells; through its enzymes, toxins and growth regulators.
- Weakening of tissues due to continuous loss of nutrients
- Interfering with translocation
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