"MICROBIAL PLANT PATHOGENS AND CROP DISEASE MANAGEMENT "

Science Publishers, April 2002, 390 pages. $96.00 + shipping ($5.00, U.S. or $15.00 Elsewhere)

Ever since man began to select plants from among wild populations for domestication to meet the demands of food, feed and fibre, the existence of several factors, that might adversely affect crop production was recognized. Among the limiting factors, diseases due to microbial pathogens and other causes accounted for significant losses of various agricultural and horticultural produce such as grains, fruits, vegetables, and fodder. The magnitude of crop losses caused by the pathogens were so great that famine and subsequent exodus of human population to other countries were not uncommon. Successful crop production depends on several interdependent and interacting factors or operations. Crop diseases caused by microbial pathogens such as fungi, bacteria, phytoplasmas, viruses, and viroids have been observed to cause serious losses in all countries around the world. This book provides the basic information on the characteristics of the pathogens and the methods that are to be followed for their rapid detection and indentification. The characteristics of crop diseases caused by microbial pathogens are described for a clear understanding of the different phases of disease development. The relative usefulness of different disease management strategies such as cultural practices, host resistance, use of biocontrol agents, chemical control and recent advancements in biotechnological approaches for disease management and methods of inducing resistance in susceptible cultivars using biotic and abiotic agents is focused. The need for the integration of effective, economically viable and environment friendly disease control strategies to derive maximum benefit is indicated and development of such integrated disease management (IDM) systems is the urgent requirement to realize maximum net return to the growers.

The information including latest references, is presented in an easily understandable style. This book is designed to be a source of useful information to plant pathologists, microbiologists, botanists, physiologists, biochemists, agronomists and agriculturists, horticulturists, and upper level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Characteristics of Microbial Pathogens

Characteristics of Crop Diseases

Pathogenesis and Host Defense

Crop Disease Diagnosis

Assesssment of Crop Losses Caused by Microbial Pathogens

Principles of Crop Disease Management

Prevention of Introduction Microbial Pathogens

Cultural Practices

Physical and Chemical Techniques

Host Resistance

Biological Control

Biotechnology for Improvement of Host Resistance

Crop Disease Management Using Chemicals

Integrated Disease Management

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