Various crop plants have been domesticated, after careful selection from innumerable wild
plant species over several millennia, because of their potential for higher yield and better …

Plants and pathogens interact with a wide range of organisms throughout their life cycle.
These interactions play an important role in affecting plant health. At multiple levels of scale …

Plant disease management faces ever-growing challenges due to:(i) increasing demands
for total, safe and diverse foods to support the booming global population and its improving …

Plant diseases are among the main constraints affecting the production and productivity of
crops both in terms of quality and quantity. Use of chemicals continues to be the major tactic …

Investigations on various aspects of plant-pathogen interactions have the ultimate aim of
providing information that may be useful for the development of effective crop disease …

Extreme and irrational use of synthetic chemicals for improved plant protection and plant
productivity causes several adverse impacts on ecosystem. Considerable amount of …

Diseases oJteaues andflousers............................. 433 Diseases oJfruits anduegetables..........
434 Disease suppressiue sorls...... 435 27.5 CommerciaLisation of bioLogical control …

World agriculture has shown phenomenal growth in recent past due to bio techno logical
application, innovations in agricultural technologies, development of disease resistant …

This book provides an account of the classical and recent trends in plant sciences, which
have contributed for disease management strategies in plants for sustainable agriculture …

Pathogenic microorganisms affecting plant health are a major and chronic threat to food
production and ecosystem stability worldwide. As agricultural production intensified over the …