Outline of lectures:
1. What are viruses and viroids?
2. History of plant virology
3. Nomenclature and classification of plant viruses
4. Economic importance of virus diseases
5. Symptoms of virus and virus-like diseases
6. Isolation and purification of plant viruses
7. Identification and detection of plant viruses
8. Gene expression and replication of viruses
9. Movement of viruses in plants
10. Virus-plant interactions
11. Transmission of plant viruses
12. Epidemiology of plant viruses
13. Control of virus diseases
14. Application of plant viruses

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