disease caused by environmental conditions on plants
The study of plant diseases is known as plant pathology. Infectious diseases are caused by living organisms called pathogens. Noninfectious diseases caused by environmental stress and damage by weather and other environmental factors also will be covered.ndirectly, environmental factors that cause a plant to be stressed may result in the plant's gradual decline. Decline results in the plant being more susceptible to disease organisms. Because of this, diagnosing plant diseases can be tricky.