The book A Laboratory Guide for Identification of Plant Pathogenic Fungi is an indispensable resource for educators and students in the fields of botany, forestry, agriculture, vegetable sciences, silviculture, fodder, and pasture science, as well as those studying fungi that infect plants and crops for accurate identification. This comprehensive guide includes 14 chapters that cover fundamental fungal structures such as various types of mycelia, septa, sexual and asexual spores, sexual and asexual fruiting bodies, and specialized fungal structures for fungal genera and species. Additionally, it summarizes the different types of fungal disease symptoms on various plant parts, including the root, collar region, stem and twig, leaves, inflorescence, flower, and seed, along with the fungal genera and species responsible for causing them.

The book A Laboratory Guide for Identification of Plant Pathogenic Fungi is an indispensable resource for educators and students in the fields of botany, forestry, agriculture, vegetable sciences, silviculture, fodder, and pasture science, as well as those studying fungi that infect plants and crops for accurate identification. This comprehensive guide includes 14 chapters that cover fundamental fungal structures such as various types of mycelia, septa, sexual and asexual spores, sexual and asexual fruiting bodies, and specialized fungal structures for fungal genera and species. Additionally, it summarizes the different types of fungal disease symptoms on various plant parts, including the root, collar region, stem and twig, leaves, inflorescence, flower, and seed, along with the fungal genera and species responsible for causing them.

The book also provides information on the morphological characteristics used for fungal identification and the molecular techniques employed in such identification. As a result, this book is a crucial tool for identifying plant pathogenic fungi, and its absence previously hindered the practical training of students in many academic institutions. The availability of this resource will help to overcome this training deficit.

Content

Chapter 1. The Fungi: A dreaded pathogen for crop plants

Chapter 2. Microscopy of fungal specimens

Chapter 3. Glossary used in the identification of fungi

Chapter 4. Identification of fungi causing soil borne diseases

Chapter 5. Identification of fungi causing diseases near the collar region

Chapter 6. Identification of fungi causing foliar diseases

Chapter 7. Identification of fungi causing stem/ twig diseases

Chapter 8. Identification of fungi causing inflorescence diseases

Chapter 9. Identification of fungi causing fruit diseases

Chapter 10. Identification of fungi causing grain/seed diseases

Chapter 11. Identification of fungi causing post-harvest diseases in transit and storage

Chapter 12. Isolation of fungal pathogen for culturing identification

Chapter 13. Testing pathogenicity of fungal cultures (Koch postulates)

Chapter 14. Molecular Techniques in the identification of fungal cultures