Plant Health Management for Food Security : Issues and Approaches
Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Appoaches in Nematode Management: New Perspectives/K. S. Varaprasad, M. Nagesh and B. Gayatri. 2. Behaviour Modifying Chemicals and their Utility in Pest Management/A. R. Prasad, A. L. Prasuna and K. N. Jyothi. 3. Biological Control of Soil-borne Plant Pathogens using Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi/D. J. Bagyaraj.4. Addressing Plant Health Management using Diagnostics and Certification Issues/V. Celia Chalam, R. K. Khetarpal and P. C. Agarwal.5. Vision and Action Plan for Managing Emerging Pests towards Ensuring Food Security/G. V. Ranga Rao, V. Rameshwar Rao and T. Ramesh Babu.6. Application of Modern Tools of Biotechnology for Pest Management/Hari C. Sharma. 7. Nanotechnology Applications in Plant Health Management/K. S. Subramanian, K. Gunasekaran, M. Kannan and M. Praghadeesh. 8. Policies Related to Biosecurity in Trade and Exchange of Germplasm in the Context of Plant Health Management/Kavita Gupta and P. C. Agarwal. 9. Pesticide Residues in Food: An Indian Perspective/K. K. Sharma and Sreenivasa Rao Cherukuri.10. Pest Forecasting and Modelling/Y. G. Prasad. 11. Recent Trends in the Analysis of Pesticide Residues by Mass Spectrometric Techniques/S. K. Raza and S. Alam. 12. Electron Beam Irradiaton: A Novel Disinfestation Technology of 21st Century for Phytosanitary Purposes/Shashi Bhalla, K. Srinivasan, J. Dwivedi and Arun Sharma.13. Geographical Information System (GIS) for Managing Plant Genetic Resources with Special Reference to Crop Health Management/N Sivaraj, S. R. Pandravada, V. Kamala, N. Sunil, K. Anitha, K. Rameash, Babu Abraham, B Sarath Babu, S K Chakrabarty, K. S. Varaprasad and P. C. Agarwal. 14. Entomopathogenic Nematodes as a Component in Rice Pest Management: A Journey from Lab to Land/J. S. Prasad, A. P. Padmakumari, N. Somasekhar and G. Katti. 15. Indian Scenario of Invasive Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus/M. Mani, A. N. Shylesha, A. Krishnamoorthy, M. Kalyanasundaram, R. V. Nakat, K. R. Lyla and S. J. Rahman. Index.
The publication entitled, “Plant Health Management for Food Security: Issues and Approaches” provides information on wide range of subject areas related to plant health management for food security. The major themes covered include frontier areas of research emphasizing use of behavior modifying chemicals, issues related to pesticide residues, applications of nanotechnology, modern tools of biotechnology for host plant resistance etc. Pest management issues covering shifts in pest scenario, pest diagnostics and certification issues, pest forecasting and modeling, novel disinfestation technology against insect pests and biosecurity policies in trade and exchange of germplasm are very well discussed. Emerging biotic stresses such as plant parasitic nematodes, role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) as eco-friendly alternative in disease suppression, geographical information system for managing plant genetic resources etc. are some other important topics covered in the book. (jacket)
