Current Trends in Plant Disease Diagnostics and Management Practices

✍ Scribed by Pradeep Kumar, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Ajay Kumar Tiwari, Madhu Kamle (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 471
• Series: Fungal Biology
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Plant diseases play an important role on our daily lives. Most of plant diseases are visible and are caused by biotic and/or abiotic factors. Symptoms are usually the results of a morphological change, alteration or damage to plant tissue and/or cells due to an interference of the plant’s metabolism. All basic structures of vascular plants are subject to attack by pathogens. The failure in accurate disease diagnosis and management may lead to huge losses in plant production and related commodities, which causes nutritional food scarcity. Typically, the appearance of a biotic symptom will indicate the relatively late stage of an infection and/or colonization of a pathogen. Expert detection, accurate diagnosis, and timely management play a significant role in keeping plants free from pathogens. In this book expert scholars share their research knowledge and key literature which are vital toward the diagnosis of plant diseases across the globe, addressing traditional plant pathology techniques, as well as advanced molecular diagnostic approach.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Molecular Diagnosis of Killer Pathogen of Potato: Phytophthora infestans and Its Management....Pages 1-28
Biocontrol Mechanism of Bacillus for Fusarium Wilt Management in Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.)....Pages 29-47
Eco Friendly Management of Damping-off of Solanaceous Crops Caused by Pythium Species....Pages 49-90
Biological Agents in Fusarium Wilt (FW) Diagnostic for Sustainable Pigeon Pea Production, Opportunities and Challenges....Pages 91-109
Recent Diagnostics and Detection Tools: Implications for Plant Pathogenic Alternaria and Their Disease Management....Pages 111-163
Molecular Prospecting: Advancement in Diagnosis and Control of Rhizoctonia solani Diseases in Plants....Pages 165-185
Fusarium moniliforme Associated with Sugarcane Leaf Binding Disease in India and Its Possible Management....Pages 187-191
Macrophomina phaseolina: The Most Destructive Soybean Fungal Pathogen of Global Concern....Pages 193-205
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides: Pathogen of Anthracnose Disease in Mango (Mangifera indica L.)....Pages 207-219
Current Scenario of Mango Malformation and Its Management Strategies: An Overview....Pages 221-236
Paradigm Shift in Plant Disease Diagnostics: A Journey from Conventional Diagnostics to Nano-diagnostics....Pages 237-264
Advance Detection Techniques of Phytopathogenic Fungi: Current Trends and Future Perspectives....Pages 265-298
Molecular Diagnostics and Application of DNA Markers in the Management of Major Diseases of Sugarcane....Pages 299-315
Physiological and Molecular Signalling Involved in Disease Management Through Trichoderma: An Effective Biocontrol Paradigm....Pages 317-346
Biotechnology in the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diseases....Pages 347-365
In Vitro Antimycotic and Biosynthetic Potential of Fungal Endophytes Associated with Schima Wallichii ....Pages 367-381
The Biological Control Possibilities of Seed-Borne Fungi....Pages 383-403
Mycotoxin Menace in Stored Agricultural Commodities and Their Management by Plant Volatiles: An Overview....Pages 405-427
Diagnostics of Seed-Borne Plant Pathogens for Safe Introduction and Healthy Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources....Pages 429-440
Aflatoxigenic Fungi in Food Grains: Detection, Its Impact on Handlers and Management Strategies....Pages 441-457
Back Matter....Pages 459-469

✦ Subjects

Plant Pathology; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology