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Springer Microbial Biotechnology In Crop Protection (HB) by Kaushal M.
This edited volume is a comprehensive account of plant diseases and insect pests, plant protection and management for various crops using microbial and biotechnological approaches. The book elucidates the role of biotechnology for the enhancement of crop productivity and management of bacterial and fungal diseases via eco-friendly methods. It discusses crop-pest/ pathogen interaction and utilizing this interaction in a beneficial and sustainable way. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, plant scientists and plant pathologists. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, forestry, ecology, soil science, and environmental sciences. Table of Contents:- Chapter 1. Biocontrol: a sustainable agricultural solution for management of plants diseases.- Chapter 2. Overview of banana pests and diseases and their control through biological approaches.- Chapter 3. Introduction of cyst nematodes- Life cycle to management through biobased amendments.- Chapter 4. Role of potential biocontrol agents for improved health of root and tuber crops.- Chapter 5. Microbial bio-pesticides use in Insect-Pest Management: An overview.- Chapter 6. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) for improved plant health and production.- Chapter 7. Plant-soil-microorganism interaction involved in natural suppression of take all disease.- Chapter 8. Improved practices through biological means for sustainable agricultural production- an reference to roots crops.- Chapter 9. Bacterial plant diseases management: conventional versus modern approaches.- Chapter 10. Glimpse of tuber crop, their diseases and control mechanisms.- Chapter 11. Soil borne fungal diseases and their control in below ground crops.- Chapter 12. PGPR's for crop health in wheat- maize cropping systems in northwest Himalayas.- Chapter 13. Plant microbe interactions: promoting biocontrol of phytopathogens of cereal grains.- Chapter 14. Role of indigenous microbes for the control of major fungal pathogens of turmeric.- Chapter 15. Microbiome role in control of sustenance of rice health and production.- Chapter 16. Host plant resistance: An eco-friendly approach for crop disease management.show more