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