Contents: Foreword Preface List of Contributors 1 Apple Canker Disease: Distribution, Pathogen Spectrum Associated, Diagnostics and Management 2 Innovative Management Strategies for Mitigating Phytophthora Diseases in Citrus 3 Plant Parasitic Nematodes Associated with Banana and their Management 4 Diseases of Major Root Vegetables and their Management 5 Insights On 21st Century Diagnostics and Management Tools for Potato Diseases 6 Management of Soil Borne Diseases of Tomato 7 Postharvest Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables and their Management 8 Bajra Diseases and their Integrated Disease Management 9 Integrated Disease Management of Rice under Changing Climatic Scenario 10 Comprehensive Analysis of Phoma Blight in Soyabean: Pathogen Identification, Disease Dynamics, Crop Impact 11 Diseases of an Important Oil Seed Crop: Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) 12 Major Diseases of Groundnut and their Management 13 Sesame Disease Insights: Comprehensive Overview and Management Strategies 14 Viral Diseases in Pulses and their Management 15 Management of Waterborne Diseases in Hydroponic Systems 16 Pest and Disease Management in Soilless Cultivation 17 Management of Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Protected Cultivation 18 Viroid –A Devastating Crop Pathogen Plant Disease 19 Plant Disease Surveillance and Diagnosis Techniques 20 Forecasting and Disease Prediction Models in Plant Disease Management 21 Remote Sensing of Diseases 22 Exploring the Impact of Climate Change on the Dynamic Interaction Between Plant Pathogens and Crop Productivity 23 Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in Crop Disease Management 24 Exploring Plant Pathogen Interactions with Transcriptomic Technologies 25 Spray Induced Gene Silencing (SIGS): A Powerful Innovative Strategy for Crop Protection 26 Salicylic Acid, A Hormone to Battle against Phytopathogen 27 Role of Pathogenesis-Related Proteins in Plant Defense 28 Wild Crop Species: A Reservoir of R-genes for Plant Disease Resistance 29 Role of Antimicrobial Peptides in Plant Disease Management 30 Biological Control: A Sustainable Approach in Disease Management 31 The Potential of Pseudomonas fluorescens in Modern Plant Disease Management 32 Bioagents for Management of Plant Parasitic Nematodes 33 Chitosan: An Effective Bio-polymeric Compound in Plant Disease Management 34 Post-infectional Changes in the Physiology of Host Plants 35 Chloroplasts: The Central Orchestrators of Plant Immunity and Defence Mechanisms 36 Entomopathogenic Fungi as a Source of Insect Pest Management