B.Sc. in Plant Pathology

What is B.Sc. Plant Pathology?

B.Sc. Plant Pathology or Bachelor of Science in Plant Pathology is an undergraduate Agriculture Science and Technology course. Plant Pathology is a branch of agricultural science that deals with the study of fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, and other microbes that cause diseases of plants. The branch focuses on understanding how hosts, pathogens, and environments interact to cause plant diseases and on understanding how to control plant diseases. Plant pathology, also, is a scientific study of plant diseases caused by pathogens and environmental conditions. Plant pathology also involves the study of pathogen identification, disease etiology, disease cycles, economic impact, plant disease epidemiology, plant disease resistance, how plant diseases affect humans and animals, pathos-system genetics, and management of plant diseases. The duration of the course is three years.

Why Study B.Sc. Plant Pathology?

The branch focuses on understanding how hosts, pathogens, and environments interact to cause plant diseases and on understanding how to control plant diseases. Plant pathology, also, is a scientific study of plant diseases caused by pathogens and environmental conditions.

Scope of the Course:

             Plant Pathology is a branch of agricultural science that deals with the study of fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, and other microbes that cause diseases of plants.

            The branch focuses on understanding how hosts, pathogens, and environments interact to cause plant diseases and on understanding how to control plant diseases.

            A plant pathologist is a person who specializes in plant health much similar to a physician who specializes in human health or a veterinarian in animal health.

           With this agricultural technology option, students who wish to work for various commodity, seed, and Agri-chemical industries learn to apply these principles to scientific agriculture and plant medicine.

         Under the biotechnology option, students learn to apply these principles to modern biology and plant medicine. The latter option is recommended for students who wish to go on to graduate school or go to work right away in biotechnological firms, universities, or research laboratories.

Where Do Plant Pathologists Work?

• Colleges and universities (research, teaching, and extension)
• Agricultural consulting companies
• Diagnostic laboratories
• Botanical gardens and arboreta
• Biotechnology firms
• Nurseries and garden centers
• USDA-Agricultural Research Service
• USDA-Forest Service
• USDA-Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
• EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
• State departments of agriculture

B.Sc. Plant Pathology Syllabus:

Syllabus of Plant Pathology as prescribed by various Universities and Colleges.

Eligibility:

        Aspiring students should have completed 10+2 Science with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology and Agri. Science, etc. can opt for Bachelor of Science course in Plant Science with specialization in plant pathology, and options either in agricultural technology or biotechnology.