Diseases in Plants and their Management
The crop yield losses on fields and during
post harvest period, caused by pests diseases are of paramount importance. When
all of us are concerned about National Food Security, can the country afford
these losses? Various types of direct and indirect losses caused by plant
disease include, reduced quality and quantity of crop produce, increased cost
of production, threat to animal health and environment, loss of natural
resources and less remunerative alternatives adopted.
The present book “
Diseases in Plants and their Management” incorporate critical review and
research articles on major plant diseases of crops and their management
practices on important agricultural crops. This book contain 13 chapters
covering the theme of book. Major chapters include articles on : Diseases of
Cereals and their Integrated Disease Management; Past, Present and Future of Rice
Diseases; Citrus Canker-An important Bacterial Disease of Citrus; Present
Status of Brown Spot Disease of Rice in India; Current Scenario of Sheath
Blight in Rice; Stem Rot of Rice; Seed Borne Diseases and Mycotoxin
Contamination of Minor Millets; Sclerotium rolfsii Caused Diseases on
Crop Plants and its Management; White Rust Disease of Rapeseed-Mustard and its
Management; Diseases of Sugar Beet and their Management; Diseases of Roses and
their Management; Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Diseases: A Major Biotic Constraint in
the South Western Region of Punjab; Use of Biotechnology in Management of Plant
Nematode Diseases.
The information given in this book will prove helpful to
those interested in Plant Pathology and Plant Protection, Botany, agriculture,
students, teachers, researchers and farmers.
| Common | |
| Author | P. C. Trivedi |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Edition | First |
| ISBN | 978-81-7132-890-1 |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Pages | 16+287 |
| Publication Year | 2018 |
| Publisher | Aaviskar Publishers, Distributors |