Symptoms, etiology, disease cycle, epidemiology and management of major diseases of the following field and horticultural crops: Field crops- Rice (blast, brown spot, sheath blight, bacterial leaf blight, tungro, khaira); Wheat (rusts, loose smut, Karnal bunt) Barley (Covered smut);

Maize (sheath blight, southern blight, downy mildew); Sorghum (smuts); Bajra (downy mildew, ergot); Groundnut (carly and late leaf spots,collar rot); Soybean (Rhizoctonia blight); Gram (Ascochyta blight, wilt, root rot );

Pea (powdery mildew); Black gram and Green gram (web blight, yellow mosaic); Sugarcane (red rot, smut, grassy shoot, ratoon stunting, Pokah Boeng); Mustard (Alternaria blight, white rust, Sclerotinia stem rot); Cotton (vascular wilts, black arm).

Horticultural crops: Citrus (canker, gummosis) and Guava; (anthracnose); Banana (sigatoka, panama wilt, bunchy top); Papaya (foot rot, leaf curl, ring spot) and Pomegranate (bacterial blight); Apple (scab, fire blight, crown gall) and Peach (leaf curl); Grapevine (downy mildew, );

Coconut (bud rot, Cadang cadang), Tea (blister blight, red rust) and Coffee (rust); Mango (malformation, Black tip);

Potato (late blight, black scurf, black heart) and Tomato (damping off, early and leaf curl, mosaic); Brinjal (phomopsis blight and fruit rot, Sclerotinia blight) and Chilli (anthracnose and fruit rot, leaf curl); Cucurbits (Crini virus, Gummy stem blight, powdery and downy mildew, root rot) and Cruciferous vegetables (black rot);

Beans (anthracnose, bacterial blight) and Okra (yellow vein mosaic); Ginger (soft rot), Coriander (stem gall); Cumin Blight and wilt

Rose (dieback, powdery mildew, black leaf spot) and Marigold (Botrytis blight) Ber (powdery mildew), Aonla (Rust);

To study the symptoms of different diseases of field and horticultural crops: Blast and brown spot of rice, sheath blight and bacterial leaf blight of rice

Downy mildew and powdery mildew of cucurbits, rhizoctonia of green gram / black gram,

Alternaria blight of mustard, early blight, late blight of potato and tomato, Phomopsis blight of brinjal,

Powdery mildew and rust of pea, stem gall of coriander, anthracnose and fruit rot of chilli, red rot of sugarcane,

Acquaintance with fungicides, antibiotics and biopesticides and their use in management of diseases of horticultural crops

Identification and histopathological studies of selected diseases of field and horticultural crops covered in theory.

Field visit for the diagnosis of field problems, Collection and preservation of plant diseased specimens for herbarium.