The document discusses the dispersal of plant pathogens. There are two main types of dispersal: direct/autonomous dispersal through soil, seed and planting material during normal agricultural operations, and indirect/passive dispersal through external vectors like wind, water, insects, animals and humans. Various pathogens are dispersed by different means - fungi and bacterial spores disperse through wind, water carries fungal spores and pathogens, insects mechanically and biologically transmit viruses, bacteria and fungi, humans disperse pathogens through transportation of seeds and planting materials between locations. Dispersal allows pathogens to spread to new hosts and locations to find food, survive and complete their life cycles.