Basic Plant Virology

Contents: 1. Overview of Viruses: The Acellular Microbe and their Economic Significance. 2. History of Plant Virology. 3. General and Morphological Characters, Composition and Structure of Viruses. 4. Important Viral Diseases of Vegetable and Floricultural Crops in India. 5. Important Virus and Virus Like Diseases of Fruit Crops in India. 6. Important Viral Diseases of Cereal Crops in India. 7. Baculoviruses. 8. Satellite viruses and Satellite RNAs. 9. Bacteriophage. 10. Viroids. 11. Prion. 12. Mycoviruses. 13. Arboviruses. 14. Phytoplasmas. 15. Origin and Evolution of Viruses. 16. Virus Nomenclature and Classification. 17. Virus Genome Organization. 18. Plant Virus Replication and Movement in the Host Tissues. 19. Response of the Host to Virus Infection: Physiological, Biological and Symptomatological. 20. Transmission of Plant Viruses and Virus Vector Relationship. 21. Isolation and Purification of Plant Viruses. 22. Nucleic Acid Based Diagnosis of Plant Viruses. 23. Protein Based Diagnosis of Plant Viruses. 24. Mechanism of Resistance and R-genes. 25. Genetic Engineering in Viral Disease Management of Crop Plants. 26. Electron Microscopy and Ultra Microtomy. 27. Plant Virus Ecology: Spread of Plant Viruses in Field, Host Range and Dispersal. 28. General Management Strategies Against Plant Viruses.