ABSTRACT
Integrated Disease Management is a concept derived from the successful Integrated Pest Management (IPM) systems developed by entomologists for insect and mite control. Biological control, manipulating habitat, adjusting cultural methods, and planting resistant cultivars are all components of IPM, an ecosystem-based strategy that aims to prevent pests and the harm they cause over the long term. Under the concept of disease management these principles have been classified into following five categories: management of physical environment (Cultural control), management of associated micro biota (Biological antagonism), management of host genes (Host resistance), management with chemicals (Chemical control) and management with therapy (Physical, chemical etc). Most cultural control methods aim at helping plants avoid contact with a pathogen, creating environmental conditions unfavorable to the pathogen or avoiding favorable ones, and eradicating or reducing the amount of a pathogen in a plant, a field, or an area.
