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Advances in Plant Disease Management: Volume II: Strategic and Applied Research is an invaluable compilation for researchers/ students/ stakeholders/ policymakers in agriculture.
List of contents
Pest Risk Analysis and its significance in international trade Fungicide Resistance Management Management of pesticide residues in agriculture for a safer food in the 21st century Off label Use of Agrochemicals: Risks and Trade Implications Drones in Crop Protection: A Paradigm Shift in Application Technology Sero-diagnosis: a novel tool in precise detection of pathogens, bio inoculants and induced immunity in plants Challenges and opportunities for sustainable bio-intensive integrated disease management Plant microbiome: Ecology, functions, and emerging trends in microbial application Recent developments in biopesticide use: Current status and future prospects Significance of seed treatment in management of plant diseases Disease Suppressive Soils and Plant Disease Management: An Overview Advances in genetic improvement of legumes to biotic stresses Integrated Management of Emerging Phytoplasma Diseases Novel and strategic approaches for management of plant parasitic nematodes in sustainable agriculture Plant Biostimulants - Reinvigorating Agriculture
About the author
Pranjib K. Chakrabarty, PhD, served as Assistant Director General (Plant Protection and Biosafety) and Member (Plant Sciences), ASRB, New Delhi. He did pioneer research on host-pathogen interaction, functional genomics, and diagnostics. He is an adjunct faculty of the University of Florida, Gainesville, and had postdoctoral research experience at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and the University of Missouri¿Columbia, USA.
Kalyan K. Mondal, PhD, is Joint Director (Research) at ICAR¿NIBSM, Raipur. He is a visiting fellow at Stanford University, California, USA, and he has significantly contributed to the understanding of the role of bacterial Type¿3¿Secretion¿System (T3SS) effectors in the modulation of plant defense.
Mahender S. Saharan, PhD, is the Head of the Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR¿IARI, New Delhi. He contributed significantly to the study of wheat pathology and actively participated in strategy implementation for managing wheat rusts and Karnal bunt. He worked in many international collaborative research projects, namely, ISCB, ACIAR, CIMMYT, and BBSRC.
Charudatta Digambarrao Mayee, PhD, is a legendary plant pathologist who served as Vice Chancellor¿MAU Parbhani; Director¿Central Institute of Cotton, Nagpur; and Agriculture Commissioner, Government of India, New Delhi, before superannuating as the Chairman, ASRB, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Government of India.
Jagdish Kumar, PhD, is an Alexander Humboldt Fellow of Germany. He served as Joint Director of the School of Crop Health Biology Research and Director of ICAR¿NIBSM, Chhattisgarh. He has vast experience in developing plant disease forecasting models. He worked on the biochemical basis of host resistance in cereals.
