BookImran Ul Haq, Siddra Ijaz, editors.
Summary: 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. Advancements in the disciplines of biological sciences like biotechnology, microbiology, bioinformatics as well as information and communication technology etc has given the new dimensions for the development of new plant disease management strategies. By keeping this perspective in view, the editors collected and compiled the useful, practical and recent information regarding plant disease management from a diverse group of authors from different countries associated with well-reputed scientific, teaching and research organizations with the objective to update and equip the researchers with comprehensive and latest knowledge of plant disease management. This book is based on the knowledge of traditional and modern approaches for plant disease management. It has 15 chapters, each chapter describing the pillar strategies, which may be the possible way for crop protection from diseases. This effort deals with the history and recent trends in plant disease control, plant genetics and physiology in disease prognosis, conventional plant breeding program for disease resistance, synthetic chemicals: major component of plant disease management, biological antagonism: expected safe and sustainable way to manage plant diseases, soil microbes and plant health, conventional and modern technologies for the management of post-harvest diseases, nanobiotechnology, an innovative plant disease management approach, transgenic approaches in plants: strategic control for disease management, exploiting RNAi mechanism in plants for disease resistance, genome editing technologies for resistance against phytopathogens: principles, applications and future prospects, plant health clinics in Pakistan: operations and prospects, precision agriculture technologies for management of plant disease, quarantine and regulat ions and development and implementation of IDM program for annual and perennial crops.
Contents:
Intro
Preface
Contents
About the Editors
Contributors
Chapter 1: History and Recent Trends in Plant Disease Control: An Overview
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Plant Pathology: Food Safety and Security
1.3 Brief History of Plant Pathology
1.4 Basic Principles of Plant Disease Management
1.5 Biological Control
1.6 Integrated Plant Disease Management
1.7 Recent Advances in Plant Disease Management
References
Chapter 2: Plant Genetics and Physiology in Disease Prognosis
2.1 Introduction 2.2 Recent Trends in Biochemical and Molecular Detection of Plant Pathogens
2.3 Physiology of Diseased Plants
2.4 Rhizobacteria and Host Plants
2.5 Induced Resistance Against Pathogen Infection
References
Chapter 3: Conventional Plant Breeding Program for Disease Resistance
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Disease Economic Impact
3.2.1 Examples of Plant Diseases
3.3 Pathogens Targeted by Plant Breeders
3.3.1 Fungi
3.3.2 Nematodes
3.3.3 Protozoa and Algae
3.3.4 Bacteria
3.3.5 Actinomycetes
3.3.6 Mycoplasmas and Spiroplasms
3.3.7 Viruses and Viroids 3.11 Advantages of Breeding for Disease Resistance
3.12 Problems in Breeding for Disease Resistance
3.13 Breeding Challenges for Pathogen Resistance
References
Chapter 4: Synthetic Chemicals: Major Component of Plant Disease Management
4.1 Historical Prospective of Chemicals for Plant Disease Control
4.2 Basic Principles of Plant Disease Management with Synthetic Chemicals
4.2.1 Fungicides
4.2.2 Antibiotics
4.2.3 Nematicides
4.2.4 Viricides
4.3 Application of Chemicals
4.4 Human Civilization and Fungicides
4.5 Classification of Fungicides 3.4 Management of Plant Diseases
3.5 Genetics of Disease Resistance
3.5.1 Vertical Resistance
3.5.2 Horizontal Resistance
3.6 Resistance Breeding Strategies
3.6.1 Prioritize the Importance of Diseases
3.6.2 Steps in Breeding for Disease Resistance
3.6.2.1 Sources of Resistance Genes
3.6.2.2 Utilization of Genetic Resource
3.7 Planned Deployment of Resistance Genes
3.7.1 Self-Pollinated Crops
3.7.2 Cross-Pollinated Crops
3.8 Evaluation
3.9 Release to Growers
3.10 Factors Affecting Expression of Disease Resistance 4.5.1 Mode of Action
4.5.2 Classification Based on General Uses
4.6 Recent Trends in Development of Synthetic Chemicals
4.7 Broad Spectrum and New Chemistry Fungicides in Plant Disease Control
4.8 Fungicide Market, Policies and Procedures
4.9 Fungicide Resistance and Plant Pathogens
References
Chapter 5: Biological Antagonism: A Safe and Sustainable Way to Manage Plant Diseases
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Biological Control
5.2.1 Terminology
5.3 Biological Management of Fungal Plant Pathogens
5.3.1 Beneficial Microbes and Plant Interaction