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Plants are primary producers of food for humans as well as animals beneficial for human welfare. Apart from their role as suppliers of food, plants immensely contribute to availability of fibers for clothing, timer for house building and furniture, sources of medicine, etc, shortage of food is the most important challenge in the present day civilization. With rapid increase in global population the demand on food sources has increased tremendously. Nearly 1400 million hectare land (12% of the earth's surface) is under cultivation and 80% of the cultivated land area is under some form of food crops. In spite of this there is hunger in substantially large areas.
This new book, Plant Diseases and Their Management: A Sustainable Approach, studies the most modern methods in control and management of plant diseases. It covers a wide range of themes on the biological, cultural, chemical, and genome engineering controls for plant diseases brought on by viruses, bacteria, phytoplasma, and fungi. This book details how natural materials, organic disease control, and new-generation fungicides can all be utilized to thwart or stop plant pathogen activity in an effective manner. The book also delves into methods for increasing the shelf life of produce, presents approaches to plant disease management in organic as well as conventional farming, and considers mol...
Plant pathogens, the causal agent of infectious plant diseases, influence our lives more than just as an economic impact through yield lost. The study of plant pathogens has given rise to the development of new sciences, new technologies for plant breeding, and the agrochemical industry for pesticide developments. Yet, all our actions and efforts to suppress or eradicate them constantly pressures these various organisms to evolve and adapt for survival. Therefore today, when facing climate changes, accelerated transport of plants and plant products, and world population growth, we have to ask quo vadis phytopathology. Like Alice in Wonderland “If we wish to go anywhere we must run twice as...
Every year we see a remarkable increase in scientific knowledge. We are learning more each day about the world around us, about the numerous biological organisms of the biosphere, about the physical and chemical processes that shaped and continue to change our planet. The cataloging, retrieval, dissemination, and use of this new information along with the continued development of new computer technology provide some of the most challenging problems in science as we enter the Information Age. With the explosion of knowledge in science, it is especially important that students in introductory courses learn not only the basic material of a subject, but also about the newest developments in that...
This fully-revised and enlarged fourth edition introduces the students to the basic and applied aspects of plant pathology and to the major diseases of crops and fruit trees in India. Latest developments in the molecular biology of diseased plants and control measures are incorporated in the book.
Contents: Survey of Plant Diseases, Methods of Studying Plant Diseases, Symptoms of Plant Diseases, Environment and Plant Diseases, Diseases Caused by Environmental Factors, Dissemination of Plant Diseases, General Effects of Diseases, Cultural Practices in Disease Control, Epidemics of Diseases, Biochemistry of Defense, Physical and Chemical Therapy, Soil Preventing Born Diseases.
This book is about plant diseases, the agents which cause them, the factors influencing their severity, and the ways in which they are controlled.
Plant Diseases: Epidemics and Control provides a description of the methods of epidemiological analysis based on infection rates and the relation between the amount of inoculum and the amount of disease it produces. The book shows how to study the increase of pathogen populations and the epidemiological strategy to be adopted to control the epidemic of plant diseases. The text covers the calculation of the logarithmic increase of disease; use of epidemiology in the study of control; forms of sanitation; the use of resistant plant varieties; and the design of field experiments. Plant pathologists and breeders, agriculturists, horticulturists, research workers, teachers, and students will find the text invaluable.