ABSTRACT

This book attempts to provide to provide concise, critical, synthetic and up-to-date coverage of different aspects of plant disease management. The first eleven chapters are devoted to principles and related aspects and the remining seven to management practices based on them. The book attempts to capture some of the images of such rapidly expanding fields as host-parasite recognition and biotechnology even at the risk of making the subject a bit conceptual. This book is intended to serve as a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of plant pathology and related disciplines and as a reference source for teachers, researchers, students, and technologists.

chapter 1|23 pages

The Plant Pathogens

chapter 2|12 pages

Plant Diseases

chapter 3|11 pages

Disease Development

chapter 4|19 pages

Host-Parasite Interaction

chapter 6|17 pages

Diagnosis of Plant Diseases

chapter 7|13 pages

Survival of Plant Pathogens

chapter 8|9 pages

Dissemination of Plant Pathogens

chapter 10|9 pages

Epidemiology of Plant Diseases

chapter 11|6 pages

Plant Disease Forecasting

chapter 12|12 pages

Regulatory Methods

chapter 13|14 pages

Physical Methods

chapter 14|23 pages

Biological Control

chapter 15|16 pages

Cultural Practices

chapter 16|12 pages

Host Resistance and Immunization

chapter 17|78 pages

Chemical Control

chapter 18|7 pages

Integrated Pest (Disease) Management (IPM)