<p><p>This book aims to assess, evaluate and critically analyze the methods that are currently available for a judicious pest management in durable food. It presents and analyzes a vast amount of methods that are already in use in βreal worldβ industrial applications. </p><p>After the phase-out of m
Recent advances in crop protection
β Scribed by P.Parvatha Reddy (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer India
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 281
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
In the recent years, the need to increase food production to meet the demands of rapidly increasing population from a limited land resource necessitated the use of intensive farming systems, with the inputs like narrow genetic base, high dose of fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation, monocropping, etc. which led to the development of diseases and pest. The effect of changing global climate, particularly the sharp increase in CO2 concentration, has increased the susceptibility of plants to pathogens and pests. Because of the chemicalization of agriculture, the age-old eco-friendly pest management practices like sanitation, crop rotation, mixed cropping, adjustment of date of planting, fallowing, summer ploughing, green manuring, composting, etc. are not being practiced, affecting the crops adversely. This has encouraged researchers to look for eco-friendly and novel approaches for pest management. The information on recent advances in crop protection (involving bacteria, fungi, nematodes, insects, mites and weeds) is scattered. The book delves upon the most latest developments in crop protection such as avermectins, bacteriophages, biofumigation, biotechnological approaches; bio-priming of seeds; disguising the leaf surface; use of non-pathogenic strains, plant defense activators, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, pathogenesis-related proteins, strobilurin fungicides, RNA interference, and variety of mixtures/cultivar mixtures/multilines; soil solarization; biointensive integrated pest management; among several others (fusion protein-based biopesticides, seed mat technology and environmental methods). This book is a ready reference for students, policy-makers, scientists, researchers and extension workers.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Avermectins....Pages 13-24
Bacteriophages....Pages 25-36
Biofumigation....Pages 37-60
Biotechnological Approaches....Pages 61-81
Bio-priming of Seeds....Pages 83-90
Disguising the Leaf Surface....Pages 91-101
Non-pathogenic Strains....Pages 103-120
Plant Defence Activators....Pages 121-129
Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR)....Pages 131-158
Soil Solarisation....Pages 159-183
Strobilurin Fungicides....Pages 185-200
Variety Mixtures/Cultivar Mixtures/Multilines....Pages 201-221
Biointensive Integrated Pest Management....Pages 223-244
Pathogenesis-Related Proteins....Pages 245-252
Other Recent Advances....Pages 253-259
Back Matter....Pages 261-268
β¦ Subjects
Plant Sciences; Plant Ecology; Sustainable Development; Agriculture; Plant Pathology
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