1. Course Content
2. Lecture
3. Introduction
4. Mission, Vision and Goals of the Graduate School 2 hrs
5. Course requirements
6. Brief history of the course
7. Review of the Basic Concepts
8. General Disease Cycle
9. The Infection Processes (Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, and Nematodes) 2 hrs
10. The Host-Parasite Interface
11. Degradation of Cell Walls by Plant Pathogen 2 hrs
12. Structure and Chemical Composition of Plant Cell Walls
13. Enzymes that Degrade Cell Wall Polysaccharides
14. Degradation of Pectic substances
15. Degradation of Hemicellulose
16. Degradation of Cellulose
17. Production of Cell wall –Degrading Enzymes by Plant Pathogens 2 hrs
18. Cell Wall-Degrading Enzymes and Plant Pathogenesis
19.      Phytotoxins and Plant Pathogenesis                                                                                         4 hrs
20. General Characteristics
21. Classification
22. Toxins produced by bacteria
23. Toxins produced by fungi
24. Roles of Toxins in Pathogenesis
25. Host specific toxins and pathogenicity
26. As initiation factors of successful pathogenesis
27. As suppressors of defense reaction
28. As agent of selection pressure
29. Hormones in Plant Diseases                                                                                                                                2 hrs
30. Auxins
31. Ethylene
32. Cytokinins
33. Gibberellins
34. Alterations in Permeability caused by Disease 2 hrs
35. Composition and structure of membranes
36. membrane chemistry and function
37. structure of membranes
38. Concept of Cell Permeability
39. Mechanisms of Permeability Changes in Diseased Plants
40. Photosynthesis as Affected by Infection 4 hrs
41. An overview of Photosynthesis
42. Alteration in Diffusion of Carbon Dioxide
43. Changes in the Reductive Pentose Phosphate Pathway Cycle
44. Alteration in the Compartmentalization of the Photo-assimilatory system
45. Changes in the Assimilation of Storage Carbohydrates
46. Respiration in Diseased Plants 3 hrs
47. An Overview of Respiration
48. Disease-Induced Increase in Respiration in Diseased Plants
49. Mechanisms of Increase in Respiration in Diseased Plants
50. Water and Mineral Uptake in Diseased Plants 3 hrs
51. Water and Mineral movement in Plants-An Overview

                                2.Transpiration

3. Water Potential and Disease Severity
4. Mechanisms of Disease Resistance 3 hrs
5. Preformed Resistance Factors
6. Infection-Induced Resistance Factors
7. Effects of Disease on Reproduction 1hr
8. Specificity in Plant-Pathogen Interaction 1hr
9. Selective Plant Toxins
10. Recognition Phenomenon
11. Recent Advances in the Study of Plant Disease Pathogenesis 1hr        

                                                                                                                                                                                Total      36 hrs