Note :-

1. Duration of Paper: 3 Hours
2. All Questions carry equal marks.
3. Medium of Competitive Exam: Bilingual in English & Hindi
4. There will be Negative Marking.
5. Objective type paper .

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Syllabus : Agricultural Plant Pathology-II

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Unit-1: Principles of Plant Pathology

1. Plant disease complex
2. Survival and dispersal of plant pathogens
3. Role of environment and host nutrition on disease development
4. Host-parasite interaction
5. Infection process
6. Role of enzymes in disease development
7. Role of toxins in disease development
8. Role of growth regulators in disease development
9. Defense mechanisms
10. Effect of plant pathogens on host metabolism
11. Genetics of resistance
12. 'R' genes
13. Variation and variability of plant pathogens

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Unit-2: Principles of Integrated Disease Management (IDM)

1. Introduction
2. History
3. Importance
4. Concepts and principles of Integrated Disease Management (IDM)
5. Host plant resistance as a method of control
6. Cultural methods of control
7. Mechanical methods of control
8. Physical methods of control
9. Legislative methods of control
10. Biological methods of control
11. Chemical control methods
12. Constraints of IDM implementation
13. Strategies of IDM implementation

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Unit-3: Epidemiology and Forecasting of Plant Diseases

1. Basic concepts of plant disease epidemiology
2. Factors affecting epidemic development (influence of pathogen on disease development)
3. Factors affecting epidemic development (influence of host on disease development)
4. Factors affecting epidemic development (influence of environment on disease development)
5. Crop loss assessment
6. Disease forecasting
7. Epidemic analysis and prediction models
8. Survey and surveillance (including through remote sensing)
9. Disease severity
10. Disease intensity

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Unit-4: Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

1. Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis
2. Mechanism of resistance
3. PR proteins
4. Phytoalexins
5. Antiviral proteins
6. SAR
7. HR
8. Active oxygen radicals
9. Tissue culture
10. Elementary genetic engineering
11. Management of pathogens through satellite
12. Antisense-RNA
13. Ribozymes
14. Coat protein
15. Hypovirulence cross protection/useful genes
16. Promoter technology
17. Biosafety
18. Bioethics

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Unit-5: Post -Harvest Plant Pathology

1. Concept of post-harvest diseases
2. Principles of plant disease management as pre-harvest
3. Principles of plant disease management as post-harvest
4. Types of post-harvest diseases
5. Factors governing post-harvest diseases
6. Role of bio-control agents in controlling post-harvest diseases
7. Role of chemicals in controlling post-harvest diseases
8. Role of different storage structures
9. Control of aflatoxigenic fungi
10. Control of mycotoxigenic fungi

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Unit-6: Mushroom Production Technology

1. History and importance of mushroom
2. Edible mushroom
3. Poisonous mushroom
4. Cultivation technology of Pleurotus species
5. Cultivation technology of Agaricus species
6. Cultivation technology of Volvariella species
7. Maintenance of pure culture of mushroom fungi
8. Equipment's required for establishment of Mushroom unit
9. Nutritive value of mushroom
10. Uses of mushroom
11. Economic aspects of mushroom cultivation
12. Diseases of cultivable mushroom