Phytopathology
(Phyton : plant) Greek - Pathos (suffering) + Logos (study) = The study of the suffering
plant.Plant Pathology is defined as the study of the
organisms and environmental conditions that cause disease in plants, the
mechanisms by which this occurs, the interactions between these causal agents
and the plant (effects on plant growth, yield and quality), and the methods of
managing or controlling plant disease. It also interfaces knowledge from other
scientific fields such as mycology, microbiology, virology, biochemistry,
bio-informatics, etc.Plant
pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of plant