Shri Ganeshah Namah

College of Agriculture
(SKRAU, Bikaner)

Department of Plant Pathology

HOD – Dr. Dataram Kumhar

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Chhagan Khatri Dr. Arjun Lal Yadav

Prion
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 1982 S.B. Prusiner discovered in skepy
disease of whools and goats. And
named prion
It is not a cell.
 Prion is Protinaceous infactious
particle (PIP).
It is also called as Slow Virus and
puzzling protin.

Without Nuclic Acid.

Diseases
 Skepy and mad cow in
animals
 Curu and creutzfeldt
Jacob disease.
 No disease found in
PLANTS.

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RLB / FASTIDIOUS VASCULAR BACTERIA

 With Cellwall Prokeriotic

 G – bacteria
Floem / xylem restricted bacteria
Binary fusion
Sensitive to PENICILLIN
 Produce phytoalenxis which induce disease
symptoms

Special note –

A. Smallest pathogenic Agent- PRIONS.

Smallest plant pathogenic agent- VIROID

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 Transposons

 Methed of genetic
recombination
 Transfereble elements
 aDiscovered by – Barbara &
clintock.
 In MAIZE
 NOT Replicate
 Help in recombination and
replication

Organism Discovered by

1. Mycoplasma Nocard & Roux Fried egg in media

2. Phytoplasma Doe et al not culture; obligate p,
3. Spiroplasma Davis spherical & helical

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 Genaral charactersof Molicutes

 Prokeriotics
 Cell wall less
 Triple layer cell
membrane
 Controlled by –
Tetracyclin

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