Course Contents
Introduction:
General characteristics of Basidiomycotina / Teliomycetes
Rusts:
• Fungi involved
• Economic importance
• Spore states of Rust fungi &Morphological variations
• Surface sculpture of spores
• Life cycles of rust fungi
• Sexual compatibility
• Host- rust relationship
• Families of Uredinales
• Biological specialization in rust
Specific diseases:
Leaf rusts of Maize, Sorghum & Millet rust of Oat &Barley, Rust of Wheat (Black, Brown &Yellow).Pea and Gram rust .Study of their Etiology, Epidemiology, Disease cycle & their control measures.
Smuts:
Fungi involved Economic importance Smut spores and their germination Modes of infection of Smut fungi Effects on host growth Families of ustilaginales
Specific diseases:
Loose Flag smuts &Bunts of wheat, Boil and Head smut of maize ,Grain and Head smut of Sorghum, Whip smut of Sugar cane, Grain smut of Millet .Study of their Etiology , Epidemiology .disease cycle their control measures.
Yield losses due to rust and smut disease in Pakistan. Disease management and strategies for control of cereal diseases (Host resistance, Chemical Control & husbandry)
Practicals
• Basic pathological techniques
• Microscopic examination of rust and smut diseases of cereals
• Study of spore states of various Rust fungi
• Taxonomic study and identification of various Rust fungi
• Study of Telio & smut spores of various Smut fungi
• Collection, Preservation <&Identification of 30 diseased specimens (Rust & Smut) for presentation.
Rust and Smut diseases of Sorghum
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Management of Rust and Smut diseases
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Book Title : The Cereal Rusts
Author : William R. Bushnell and Alan P Roelfs
Edition : 1st
Publisher : ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers)
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Book Title : Introduction to fungi
Author : John Webster, and Roland Weber
Edition : 3rd
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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Book Title : The Cereal Rusts, Diseases, Distribution, Epidemiology, and Control
Author : Alan P. Roelfs and William R. Bushnell
Edition : Volume II
Publisher : ACADEMIC PRESS, INC
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Title : The Cereal Rusts
Type : Reference Book
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Title : Pea and Gram Rust Disease
Type : Other
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Title : General Characteristics of Basidiomycetes
Type : Presentation
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Title : Rust Fungi
Type : Presentation
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Title : Smut fungi
Type : Presentation
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Title : Teliomycetes fungi
Type : Other
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Title : Uredinales, economic importance of rust fungi and control mechanisms
Type : Other
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Title : Sexual compatibility and host-rust relationship
Type : Other
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Title : Rust and Smut diseases of wheat
Type : Presentation
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Title : Leaf Rust of Maize
Type : Other
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Title : Diseases of field crops and their management
Type : Other
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Title : Corn Smut disease
Type : Other
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Title : Rust and smut diseases of Sorghum
Type : Presentation
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Title : Sugarcane smut
Type : Other
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Title : Introduction to fungi: Rust and Smut Chapter
Type : Reference Book
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Title : Rust Fungi
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Title : Basidiomycetes Plant pathogens: basic introduction
Type : Other
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