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Lab of Plant Pathology

List of Experiments:

1. Acquaintance to Plant Pathology laboratory and equipment’s.
2. Preparation of culture media for fungi and bacteria.
3. Isolation techniques, preservation of disease samples and Study of Pathogens.
4. Preparation of fungicides – Bordeaux mixture, Bordeaux paste, Chestnut compound.
5. Methods of application of fungicides – seed, soil and foliar.
6. Bio-assay of fungicides – poisoned food technique, inhibition zone technique and slide germination technique.
7. Bio-control of plant pathogens dual culture technique, seed treatment.
8. Presentation of disease samples survey and collection of Diseases of rice, sorghum; Diseases of wheat, Bajra & maize; Diseases of sugarcane, turmeric & tobacco; Diseases of groundnut, castor & sunflower; Diseases of sesamum & cotton; Diseases of red gram, green gram, black gram, Bengal gram & beans; Field.
9. visits at appropriate time during the semester Note: Students should submit 50 pressed, well mounted diseased specimens in three installments during the semester.