Synopsis The book deals with the important diseases of plants caused by various agents and elaborates various aspects of disease causation and principles and procedures of control of plant diseases. The significance of plant diseases in agricultural is now well understood and in the preparation of this book. The author has provided, rather comprehensive account of better known representative diseases which may serve as a guide to the general principles underlying the science of plant pathology. The book is equally useful for the students taking courses in basic sciences as well as in the field of agriculture.