This ‘Foundations of Plant Pathology’ book has been carefully written for the UG class and is fully compliant with the latest syllabus. The purpose of producing this text is to provide basic and fresh facts to enable students to introduce the scientific foundations and basics of plant pathology in this course. Great care was taken to present facts appropriate to the student's level and grade the content accordingly. The text of the book is clear, well presented and arranged according to the curriculum. Infohive aims to inspire young minds to learn new things and expand their skills

Sanjeev Kumar is an Assistant  Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, Office of Dean,Faculty of  Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He is a very sincere and enthusiastic teacher. He has taught with dedication to the satisfaction of students in many undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs and has been actively involved in all educational activities. Dr. Kumar has mentored 23 MSc students and 2 of his PhD students and is also actively involved in their research and extension activities. As a researcher, he has been involved in his eight major research projects sponsored by ICAR, NATP, TSP and  JICA, Japan. He has published 75 research and review articles, 25 book chapters, 105 popular articles, 1 research paper, and 3 technical brochures. He is an active member of more than six national and international societies. He is a member of Indian Phytopathological Society, IARI New Delhi, Indian Society of Mycology and Phytopathology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, Society for Promotion of Biocontrol, Banglulu. He has participated in many conferences, symposiums, workshops and presented papers. He also attended the World Soybean Research Conference in Durban, South Africa.

Dr. Kumar has authored nine books entitled Plant Pathogens and Principles of Plant Pathology, Horticultural Crop Diseases: Identification and Management, Diseases of Field Crop and their Integrated Management, Pesticides and Plant Protection Appliances, Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crop Diseases and Their Management-II,  Fundamentals of Plant Pathology, Integrated Disease Management; Principles & Practices,Chemicals & Botanicals in Plant Diease Managment published by New India. Publishing Agency, Pithampura, New Delhi and Textbook of Field. His research interests include pulse pathology and biological control.

1. Fun Time

2. Introduction to Plant Pathology

3. The Concept of Disease in Plants

4. Different terms used in Plant Pathology

5. History of Plant Pathology

6. Causes of Plant Disease

7. Classification of plant diseases

8. Parasitism

9. Development of Disease in Plants

10. Fungi and their morphology, reproduction and classification of fungi

11. Bacteria: Morphology, reproduction classification of phytopathogenic bacteria

12. Other plant pathogens: Mollicutes; Flagellant protozoa; FVB; Green algae and parasitic higher plants

13. Viruses, Virus transmission & Viroids

14. Principles of plant disease control

15. Physical Management

16. Cultural Management

17. Biological Management

18. Host plant resistance

19. Regulatory methods – Plant Quarantine

20. Chemical  Management

21. Integrated Disease Management