Crop Diseases and Control
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Landscape epidemiology of plant diseases. 3. Tropical fruit crops and the diseases that affect their production. 4. Transgenic approaches to microbial disease resistance in crop plants. 5. Climate change and plant disease management. 6. Grassland plant diseases: management and control. 7. Cooperative extension service plant disease. 8. Management of plant viral diseases through chemical control of insect vectors. 9. Biological control of plant diseases. 10. Sustainable management of soil-borne plant diseases. 11. The nature and application of biocontrol microbes: Bacillus spp. 12. Detection of pests and diseases in vegetable crops. 13. Impacts of global change on diseases of agricultural crops and forest trees. 14. Bacteriophages for plant disease control. 15. Fungicides and other plant disease management approaches. 16. Pesticides and good agriculture practices. Bibliography. Index.
Potential losses of major world crops to pests, diseases and weeds have been estimated at approximately 70%. However, the actual losses are approximately 30% due to efficient crop protection practices. The increase in human population density and the subsequent demand for meat are predicted to cause crop production to double in the next four or five decades. To achieve this objective, an improvement or at least maintenance of crop protection efficacy against agricultural pests, diseases and weeds is critical. The impressive progress in crop protection achieved in the past has, for a large part, relied on the use of synthetic pesticides. (jacket)
Potential losses of major world crops to pests, diseases and weeds have been estimated at approximately 70%. However, the actual losses are approximately 30% due to efficient crop protection practices. The increase in human population density and the subsequent demand for meat are predicted to cause crop production to double in the next four or five decades. To achieve this objective, an improvement or at least maintenance of crop protection efficacy against agricultural pests, diseases and weeds is critical. The impressive progress in crop protection achieved in the past has, for a large part, relied on the use of synthetic pesticides. (jacket)
