Viral Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops

Professor L.P. Awasthi is currently the Dean of the School of Agriculture and Dean of Academics at RNB Global University, Rajasthan, India. He is the former Head of the Department of Plant Pathology at Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology in Faizabad (U.P.) India. Dr. Awasthi has a PhD in Plant Virology from Lucknow University and is a distinguished scientist who has made contributions to the field of both plant pathology and plant virology. He has previously edited a book and written research articles on plant diseases. His area of specialization is virology and his professional experience includes more than 45 years of teaching microbiology, plant pathology, and virology. He has guided 77 M. Sc. (Ag.) and 35 PhD students and is actively involved in planning and organizing activities for the university pertaining to teaching and research.

Section 1. Introduction to plant Virology
Section 2. Viral diseases of field crops
Section 3. Viral diseases of vegetables/ Horticultural crops
Section 4. Viral diseases of Orchids
Section 5. Viral diseases of flowering and non-flowering trees
Section 6. Viral diseases of weeds (Alternate hosts of many viruses)
Section 7. Plant viruses’ applications in nanotechnology
Section 8. Food borne viral disease
Section 9. Molecular Detection and Cryotherapy elimination of plant viruses
Section 10. Emergence of companies for plant virus detection