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Isolation of Plant Pathogen

The below mentioned article provides a practical experiment on the Isolation of Plant Pathogen. Principle: The term 'pathogen' means the organism that incites diseases on living being. It may be fungus, bacteria, virus etc. The pathogen can easily be isolated in artificial culture media for identification and subsequent characterisation. Requirements: 1. Infected plant parts/plant 2. Petridishes 3. Forceps and knife [...]

By Shanti Joshi|2016-05-16T05:34:23+00:00May 16, 2016|Plants|Comments Off

The Inoculation of Plant Pathogen

The below mentioned article provides a practical experiment on the inoculation of plant pathogen. Principle: Plant pathogen can be artificially inoculated, into a host and thereafter incubated for colonisation and spread of pathogen. The pathogenic infection thereafter can be detected by the symptomatic expression. Requirements: 1. Culture slant of a pathogen 2. Potato tuber 3. Cork-borer 4. Inoculating needle 5. [...]

By Shanti Joshi|2016-05-16T05:34:23+00:00May 16, 2016|Plant Kingdom|Comments Off