1.Preface 2.Natural farming 3.Plant pathology: definition, objectives, scope and importance 4.Plant diseases: definitions, importance, and concepts 5.Cause/Factors affecting disease development: disease triangle and tetrahedron 6.Classification of plant diseases 7.Important plant pathogenic organisms 8.

Different groups: fungi, bacteria, fastidious vesicular bacteria, phytoplasmas,spiroplasmas, viruses, viroids, algae, protozoa,phanerogamic parasites and nematodes 9.Pathogenesis 10.Koch postulates 11.Role of enzymes, toxins and growth regulators in disease development 12.Defense mechanism in plants 13.Epidemiology: factors affecting disease development 14.Survey, surveillance and vigilance 15.Crop loss assessment and models 16.

Principles and pre-requisites of forecasting of diseases 17.Principles of plant disease management 18.Host plant resistance 19.Cultural management 20.Physical control 21.Legislative control 22.Biological control 23.Ecological management of crop environment 24.

Role of soil microbiome in disease management 25.Suppressive soils: concepts potentialities for managing soil borne pathogens 26.Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr) their use in plant protection 27.Heritage of plant protection in natural farming 28.Plant Protection through Botanicals, 29.ITKs related to management of plant diseases 30.Symptoms, etiology, disease cycle and management of major diseases of field crops and horticulture crops.