About Plant Parasite Interactions

Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, viroids, virus-like organisms, phytoplasmas, protozoa, nematodes and parasitic plants. It 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, pathosystems genetics, and management of plant diseases.