CPROT 1100-PLANT PATHOLOGY

Laboratory Activity 2
PLANT DISEASE DIAGNOSIS

Name: Date Submitted:

Lab Schedule: Option: ID #:

Instructions: Please attach here your prepared images or drawing of the specimens in
Lab Activity #1. In presenting your output, please follow the example below. Name
your file using this format CPROT1100_PPath_Lab Activity #2_Surname and
save as PDF. No other format will be accepted.

EXAMPLE:

A. FUNGAL DISEASE

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 1. Disease:
Pathogen:

Symptom Sign

Paste the photo of the previously used specimen in

Lab Act #1.

Paste here the SEARCHED image of the pathogen of

your diseased specimen.

2. Disease:
Pathogen:
Symptom Sign

Paste the photo of the previously used specimen in

Lab Act #1.

Paste here the SEARCHED image of the pathogen of

your diseased specimen.

3. Disease:
Pathogen:
Symptom Sign
 Paste the photo of the previously used specimen in
Lab Act #1.

Paste here the SEARCHED image of the pathogen of

your diseased specimen.

4. Disease:
Pathogen:
Symptom Sign

Paste the photo of the previously used specimen in

Lab Act #1.

Paste here the SEARCHED image of the pathogen of

your diseased specimen.

5. Disease:
Pathogen:
Symptom Sign
 Paste the photo of the previously used specimen in
Lab Act #1.

Paste here the SEARCHED image of the pathogen of

your diseased specimen.

6. Disease:
Pathogen:
Symptom Sign

Paste the photo of the previously used specimen in Lab

Act #1.

Paste here the SEARCHED image of the pathogen of

your diseased specimen.
 7. Disease:
Pathogen:
Symptom Sign

Paste the photo of the previously used specimen in

Lab Act #1.

Paste here the SEARCHED image of the pathogen of

your diseased specimen.

8. Disease:
Pathogen:
Symptom Sign

Paste the photo of the previously used specimen in

Lab Act #1.

Paste here the SEARCHED image of the pathogen of

your diseased specimen.
A. PLANT BACTERIAL DISEASES
1. Disease:
Pathogen:
Symptom Sign

Paste the photo of the previously used specimen in

Lab Act #1.

Paste here the SEARCHED image of the pathogen of

your diseased specimen.

2. Disease: Pathogen:

Symptom Sign

Paste the photo of the previously used specimen in

Lab Act #1.

Paste here the SEARCHED image of the pathogen of

your diseased specimen.
B. VIRAL DISEASES
1. Disease:
Pathogen:
Symptom Sign

Paste the photo of the previously used specimen in

Lab Act #1.

Paste here the SEARCHED image of the pathogen of

your diseased specimen.

2. Disease:
Pathogen:
Symptom Sign

Paste the photo of the previously used specimen in

Lab Act #1.

Paste here the SEARCHED image of the pathogen of

your diseased specimen.
 D. NEMATODE DISEASE: (if none, it can be substituted by one of the above plant
diseases)

Disease:
Pathogen:
Symptom Sign

Paste the photo of the previously used specimen in

Lab Act #1. Paste here the SEARCHED image of the pathogen of
your diseased specimen.

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:

1. Define the following plant disease symptoms.

Table 1. Terms to be defined.
A. anthracnose – M. mottle –
B. blight – N. mummification –
C. blotch – O. ringspot –
D. canker – P. rosette –
E. chlorosis – Q. rot –
F. damping-off – R. rust –
G. die-back – S. scab –
H. gall – T. shot-hole –
I. hyperplasia – U. stem pitting –
J. hypertrophy – V. tumor –
K. mildew – W. witches’ broom –
L. mosaic – X. yellows –

2. Differentiate the following:

a. Symptom vs. Sign vs. Syndrome
b. Parasite vs. Pathogen
c. Host vs. Suscept
3. Compare downy mildew from powdery mildew of crops based on symptoms and time
of occurrence.

4. What are the three major factors involved in the development of disease in plants?

5. How do viruses cause disease in plants?