P. Narayanasamy

Biological Management of Diseases of Crops

Volume 1: Characteristics of Biological Control Agents

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Biological disease management tactics have emerged as potential alternative to chemical application for containing crop diseases. Biotic and abiotic biological control agents (BCAs) have been demonstrated to be effective against diseases caused by microbial plant pathogens. Combination of biotic and abiotic agents leads to synergism and consequent improvement in the effectiveness of disease control. It is essential to assay the biocontrol potential of all isolates/species of fungal, bacterial and viral biocontrol agents by different techniques in vitro and under greenhouse and field conditions and to precisely identify and differentiate the most effective isolates from less effective ones by employing biological, immunological and nucleic acid-based assays.

Produktdetails

• Progress in Biological Control 15
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-94-007-9545-7
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
• Seitenzahl: 696
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1037g
• ISBN-13: 9789400795457
• ISBN-10: 9400795459
• Artikelnr.: 43231923

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.- Acknowledgement.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Detection and identification of fungal biological control agents.- 3. Mechanisms of action of fungal biological control agents.- 4. Detection and identification of bacterial biological control agents.- 5. Mechanisms of action of bacterial biological control agents.- 6. Detection and identification of viral biological control agents.- 7. Genetic engineering for improving the performance of biotic biological control agents.- 8. Abiotic biological control agents for crop disease management.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"Narayanasamy provides a comprehensive discussion of the importance of biological management of plant pathogens in order to feed an ever-expanding population. ... Volume 2, Integration of Biological Control Strategies with Crop Disease Management Systems, contains seven chapters covering both cultural and physical methods related to biological management, developing and commercializing BCAs, and biological management in agriculture and horticulture. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners." (R. Frederiksen, Choice, Vol. 51 (7), March, 2014)