Soilborne microbial plant pathogens and disease management. Volume two, Management of crop diseases

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Dedication Page......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgment......Page 14
Author......Page 16
  1.1.1 Use of Disease-Free Seeds and Propagules......Page 18
  1.1.2 Prevention of Pathogen Entry through Plant Quarantines......Page 19
   1.1.3.2 Banana Fusarium Wilt Disease......Page 20
 1.2 Soil Health Management......Page 21
   1.2.1.2 Tillage Practices......Page 22
   1.2.1.3 Propagation Practices......Page 24
   1.2.1.4 Date of Planting/Sowing and Planting Density......Page 25
   1.2.1.5 Canopy Management Practices......Page 26
   1.2.1.6 Irrigation Practices......Page 27
   1.2.1.7 Crop Nutrition......Page 29
   1.2.1.8 Effects of Other Crops......Page 38
  1.3.1 Heat Treatments......Page 45
  1.4.1 Treatment of Irrigation Water......Page 48
 References......Page 49
  2.1.1 Vertical Resistance......Page 56
  2.1.2 Horizontal Resistance......Page 57
   2.2.1.1 Screening for Disease Resistance......Page 58
  2.2.2 Mechanisms of Resistance to Fungal Pathogens......Page 90
   2.2.2.1 Gene-for-Gene Interactions in Plant Host–Pathogen Systems......Page 92
   2.2.2.2 Nonhost Resistance to Fungal Pathogens......Page 97
   2.2.2.3 Enhancement of Resistance through Rootstocks......Page 98
   2.2.2.4 Plant Defense Mechanisms......Page 99
   2.3.1.1 Screening for Resistance to Bacterial Pathogens......Page 112
  2.3.2 Mechanisms of Resistance to Bacterial Pathogens......Page 116
 2.4 Host Plant Resistance To Soilborne Viral Pathogens......Page 120
  2.4.1 Genetic Basis of Resistance to Viruses......Page 121
  2.4.2 Mechanisms of Resistance to Soilborne Viruses......Page 126
 2.5 Transgenic Resistance To Soilborne Microbial Pathogens......Page 127
   2.5.1.1 Employing Genes from Wild Relatives for Transformation......Page 128
   2.5.1.2 Targeting Structural Components of Fungal Pathogens......Page 129
   2.5.1.3 Employing Genes Expressing Antifungal Proteins......Page 131
   2.5.1.4 Use of Genes for Modifying Host Plant Metabolism......Page 132
   2.5.2.2 Use of Genes Encoding Antibacterial Proteins of Diverse Origin......Page 133
   2.5.3.1 Pathogen-Derived Resistance......Page 134
 References......Page 136
  3.1.1 Fungal Biological Control Agents......Page 152
   3.1.1.1 Assessment of Biocontrol Potential of Fungal Isolates......Page 153
  3.1.2 Mycorrhizal Biological Control Agents......Page 162
   3.1.2.1 Assessment of Biological Control Potential......Page 163
  3.1.3 Bacterial Biological Control Agents......Page 166
   3.1.3.1 Assessment of Biological Control Potential of Bacterial Isolates......Page 167
   3.1.4.1 Viruses Infecting Fungal Pathogens......Page 176
   3.1.4.2 Viruses Infecting Bacterial Pathogens......Page 177
   3.1.5.1 Fungal Biological Control Agents......Page 179
   3.1.5.2 Bacterial Biological Control Agents......Page 190
   3.1.6.1 Development of Formulations......Page 200
   3.2.1.1 Effects of Composts......Page 204
   3.2.1.2 Effects of Plant Residues......Page 208
   3.2.1.3 Effects of Plant Products......Page 210
   3.2.1.4 Effects of Animal Products......Page 211
   3.2.2.1 Salicylic Acid......Page 213
   3.2.2.2 Benzothiadiazole......Page 214
   3.2.2.3 ß-Aminobutyric Acid......Page 215
  3.2.3 Inorganic Chemicals......Page 216
 References......Page 218
 4.1 Assessment Of Activity Of Chemicals Against Fungal Pathogens......Page 234
   4.1.1.1 Agar-Amended Assay......Page 235
   4.1.1.4 Nanoparticles Assay......Page 238
   4.1.2.1 Treatment of Seeds/Propagules......Page 239
   4.1.2.2 Treatment of Aerial Plant Organs......Page 241
   4.1.2.4 Treatment of Soil......Page 244
   4.1.2.6 Dissipation Dynamics of Fungicides......Page 249
  4.1.3 Resistance of Fungal Pathogens to Fungicides......Page 251
   4.1.3.1 In Vitro Assessment of Fungicide Resistance......Page 252
   4.1.3.3 Field Assessment of Fungicide Resistance in Pathogens......Page 257
   4.1.3.5 Fungicide Resistance Induced by Mutation in Fungal Pathogens......Page 258
   4.1.3.6 Molecular Characterization and Mechanisms of Fungicide Resistance......Page 260
   4.1.3.7 Inheritance of Resistance to Fungicides......Page 261
  4.1.4 Mechanisms of Action of Fungicides......Page 262
  4.2.1 Use of Disinfectants......Page 266
 References......Page 267
 5.1 Components Of Integrated Disease Management Systems......Page 274
   5.2.1.1 Wheat-Take-All Disease......Page 275
  5.2.2 Rice Sheath Blight Disease......Page 276
   5.2.3.2 Seedling Diseases......Page 277
   5.2.5.1 Fusarium Wilt Disease......Page 278
   5.2.6.1 Root Rot Disease......Page 279
   5.2.6.3 Stem Rot Disease......Page 280
   5.2.7.4 Clubroot disease......Page 281
   5.3.1.2 Fusarium Wilt Disease......Page 282
   5.3.1.4 Bacterial Wilt Disease......Page 283
   5.3.2.3 Stem Canker and Black Scurf Disease......Page 284
  5.3.4 Cucurbit Fusarium Wilt Disease......Page 285
   5.3.7.1 Yellows Disease......Page 286
  5.3.9 Banana Panama (Fusarium) Wilt Disease......Page 287
  5.3.10 Strawberry Diseases......Page 288
 References......Page 289
Index......Page 294