Integrated Plant Disease Management

Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Fruit Crops: 1. Studies on epidemiology and management of Marssonina blotch, the cause of premature leaf fall in apple/J.N. Sharma, P.K. Sharma and Anita Sharma. 2. Studies on morphology and physiology of Marssonina coronaria causing premature leaf fall in apple/P.K. Sharma and J.N. Sharma. 3. Effect of weather parameters on the epidemic of apple blotch in Himachal Pradesh/V.S. Thakur, Nirupma Sharma and Sonali Vaidya. 4. Occurrence of alternaria leaf spot (Alternaria alternata) on apple and its management/J.N. Sharma, Dharmesh Gupta, L.N. Bhardwaj and Ravinder Kumar. 5. A rapid method for evaluation of apple germplasm for resistance to dematophora necatrix causing white root rot/Satish K. Sharma, Y.P. Sharma, D.K. Kishore and K.K. Pramanick. 6. Role of bacterial antagonists in the management of white root rot of apple/S.K. Sharma, Mamta Sharma and Meenu Gupta. 7. Effect of decontamination processes on residues of carbendazim in apple fruits following dip treatment/I.D. Sharma and Amit Nath. 8. Susceptibility of pear cultivars to stem end rot in relation to fruit qualitative characters/R.L. Sharma, Deepika Sood and Manju Choudhary. 9. Novel approach for screening different antagonists against Agrobacterium tumefaciens causing crown gall in stone fruits/A.K. Gupta, Brijesh Kamal, Sandeep Kumar and R.C. Sharma. 10. Widespread occurrence of biovar- 1 of Agrocaterium tumefaciens affecting stone fruits in Himachal Pradesh/Sandeep Kumar, Brijesh Kamal and A.K. Gupta. 11. Association of sooty mould development with citrus whitefly, Dialeurodes citri Asmead, infestation on different citrus rootstocks/Ravinder Kumar, R.C. Batra and D.R. Sharma. 12. Studies on phytophthora spp. attacking strawberry in Himachal Pradesh/Meenu Gupta and L.N. Bhardwaj. II. Vegetable crops: 13. Population dynamics of VAM fungi and its effect on wilt of pea caused by fusarium oxysporum f. sp. pisi/Shalini Verma and N.P. Dohroo. 14. Comparative efficacy of biocontrol agents against Fusarium wilt of pea/Shalini Verma and N.P. Dohroo. 15. Management of pea wilt/root rot complex by integrating plant extracts and biocontrol agents/Meena Devi and Y.S. Paul. 16. Integration of biopesticides with bioagents in the management of pea wilt/root rot complex/Y.S. Paul, A.S. Kapoor and Meena Devi. 17. Management of root rot/wilt complex disease of pea/A.S. Kapoor, Y.S. Paul, K. Kottaisamy and Meenakshi. 18. Screening of pea germplasm for resistance against powdery mildew/Kumud Jarial and R.C. Sharma. 19. Reaction of pea germplasm to powdery mildew and leaf miner under dry temperate agroclimate in Himachal Pradesh/C.L. Bhardwaj, K.C. Sharma and S.D. Sharma. 20. Role of soil hydrothermal regimes in development of bacterial wilt of tomato in Himachal Pradesh/Satish K. Sharma, Rajesh Kumar, N.P. Dohroo and Anju Sharma. 21. Genetics of resistance to bacterial wilt in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)/K.C. Sharma, J.C. Gupta and V.K. Rathee. 22. Management of root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita in tomato nursery by amendment with some organic wastes/Kum Kum Walia. 23. Integrated management of Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and white) Chitwood in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)/Anju S. Khanna and Sunil Kumar. 24. Management of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) problem in tomato on farmers' fields/G.C. Sharma and A.S. Kashyap. 25. Prevention of tomato leaf curl virus spread by soil mulching/Dharmesh Gupta, P.D. Thakur, P.K. Sharma, Anil Handa and Usha Sharma. 26. Partial characterization of a potyvirus causing mosaic disease in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in Himachal Pradesh/Dharmesh Gupta, P.D. Thakur, S.C. Chowfla, I.D. Garg and Usha Sharma. 27. Epidemiology of a mosaic disease of tomoto in Himachal Pradesh/P.K. Sharma, Anil Handa, P.D. Thakur, Usha Sharma and Dharmesh Gupta. 28. Post-harvest losses of bell pepper and tomato fruits in Himachal Pradesh/R.L. Sharma, Manju Choudhary and Arti Shukla. 29. Detection of seed-borne infection of bacterial wilt in capsicum/Preeti Aggarwal and A.K. Sood. 30. Diseases of bell pepper under protected cultivation conditions and their management/S.K. Gupta, R. Bhardwaj, M.K. Sharma and Y.C. Gupta. 31. Integrated management of cucurbit mosaic/Ravinder Kaur and S.S. Kang. 32. Management of radish mosaic disease in Himachal Pradesh/Usha Sharma, S.C. Chowfla, P.D. Thakur, Anil Handa and Bhupesh Gupta. 33. Occurrence and management of siliqua blight of cabbage seed crop in dry temperate conditions of Himachal Pradesh/Narender K. Bharat and B.S. Dogra. 34. Variations in the physiological and antagonistic behaviour of wild and mutant strains of Trichoderma Viride/S.K. Gandhi and M.K. Saikia. III. Ornamental crops: 35. Integration of soil solarization with cruciferous leaf residues for the control of Fusarium wilt pathogen of gladiolus/Harender Raj and Sachin Upmanyu. 36. Integrated management of Fusarium yellows of gladiolus caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. gladioli snyder and hans. under polyhouse conditions/Shyama Nand Sharma, Sunita Chandel and Manica Tomar. 37. Management of Septoria leaf spot of chrysanthemum through cultural practices/Sunita Chandel, Vanita Chandel and Manica Tomar. 38. Partial characterization of a tospovirus and chrysanthemum B carlavirus infecting chrysanthemum in Himachal Pradesh/Promil Kapoor. 39. Effect of VA-mycrorrhizae, nitrogen and phosphorus on growth and flowering in tuberose (Palianthes tuberosa L.)/Satyavir Singh, N.R. Godara and B. P. Sharma. 40. Production of virus free plants of African marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) through shoot meristem culture/S.V. Bhardwaj, Arpana Mehra, Anil Handa, Shubhr Jyotsana and Madhurima Bhatnagar. 41. Characterization of a carlavirus infecting oriental lilies/Ashutosh Bhaik and Anil Handa. 42. Incidence of lily symptomless carlavirus in polyhouse grown lilium in Himachal Pradesh/Bunty Shylla, Ashutosh Bhaik, Anil Handa and P.D. Thakur. 43. Production of lilium hybrid cv. Marco Polo plantlets resistant to fusaric acid through somaclonal variations/Madhurima Bhatnagar, S.V. Bhardwaj. P.D. Thakur, Pooja Bhatnagar and Amit Kumar. IV. Cereal, pulse and oilseed crops: 44. Status of resistance in popular wheat cultivars against major diseases in India/D.P. Singh, A.K. Sharma, M.S. Sharan, J. Kumar and Jag Shoran. 45. Method for scoring of leaf blight of wheat caused by Bipolaris soro kiniana (sacc.) Shoem. at adult stage on top two leaves and its validation/D.P. Singh and Pankaj Kumar. 46. Characterization of alternaria brassicae isolates from Haryana on the basis of nutritional behaviour/Naresh Mehta, Anil K. Khurana and M.S. Sangwan. 47. Linear regression model for yield-loss determination of foliar diseases in black gram and common bean/C.L. Bhardwaj, B.S. Thakur, J. C. Gupta and Kishore Khosla. 48. Performance of promising common bean cultivars under natural fertility and biotic disease stress condition in dry temperature agroclimate/C.L. Bhardwaj, A. Singh, B.S. Thakur and J.C. Gupta. V. Forest and medicinal plants: 49. Biological control of damping off disease caused by Fusarium species in Dalbergia sissoo Roxb/J.C. Kaushik, B.S. Mandal and Sushil Sharma. 50. Evaluation of plant extracts against Fusarium solani causing root rot of Khair (Acacia catechu)/Manica Tomar and R.C. Sharma. 51. Development of leaf rust (melampsora ciliata barclay) in populus ciliata hybrids/Sanjeev Sharma and R.C. Sharma. 52. In vitro inhibitory effect of some fungal antagonists against sclerotium rolfsii from glaucium flavum crantz/S. Kansal and R.C. Sharma. VI. Mushrooms: 53. Determination of thermal death point of different mushroom moulds/S.R. Sharma and Satish Kumar. 54. Change in pH values of different casing substrates during cropping of Agaricus bisporus (lange) Imbach/R.S. Jarial and T.R. Shandilya. 55. Salt accumulation in different casing media with the crop progression of Agaricus bisporus (lange) Imbach/R.S. Jarial and T.R. Shandilya.

"Plant diseases often are the worst natural hazards in agriculture, horticulture and forestry. New diseases and new biotypes of existing disease producing organisms appear from time to time in more virulent forms. The most startling aspect of plant diseases is that their management cost us a huge sum every year with serious consequences in environment and human health. Therefore, integrated disease management practices need to be refined and adopted to reduce the crop losses.

In this book, the current status of various aspects of integrated disease management in fruits, vegetable, ornamentals, cereals, pulses, oilseeds, medicinal and forest plants etc. has been analyzed. Major focus is on the integrated disease management in horticultural crops. Emphasis has been given to the use of non-chemical methods like cultural practices, soil polarization, plant growth promoting microorganisms, organic amendments, botanicals and biocontrol agents. It is hoped that the book will serve as an important guide to the plant pathologists, horticulturists, nematologists, micro-biologists, mushroom scientists, breeders and students."