Food Security and Plant Disease Management offers a comprehensive exploration of biocontrol, the latest technologies being used in plant health assurance, and resulting impacts on crop production and food security. Discussing both theoretical and practical topics, the book examines basic and advanced applications of biosensor and nano-technologies, introduces plant disease, including modes of action and their transmission in host plants, then covers factors contributing to plant disease and various means of addressing those diseases. This volume is part of the Microorganisms in Agriculture and the Environment series and provides important information for developing new effective plant protection practices.
The direct or indirect applications of beneficial microbes in the treatment of plant disease is termed “microbial control and these methods have increasingly been identified as important options for plant health management. The beneficial microbes as well as recent omic and nano-technologies also reveal important mechanisms that can be utilized in disease management strategies.
1. Food Security and Plant Disease Management - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. v 6. List of Contributors - p. xi 7. Chapter 1 Recent advancement in plant disease management - p. 1 8. Chapter 2 Current status of plant diseases and food security - p. 19 9. Chapter 3 Microbial bioactive compounds in plant disease management - p. 37 10. Chapter 4 Exploring the molecular signatures of host–pathogen interactions in plant diseases: conflict and cooperation - p. 63 11. Chapter 5 Principle, diversity, mechanism, and potential of practical application of plant probiotic bacteria for the biocontrol of phytopathogens by induced systemic resistance - p. 75 12. Chapter 6 RNA interference as a promising strategy for plant disease management - p. 95 13. Chapter 7 Safflower disease—a sustainable protection against Alternaria carthami L. - p. 127 14. Chapter 8 Mycotoxin-associated food safety concerns of agriculture crops - p. 149 15. Chapter 9 CRISPR/Cas in food security and plant disease management - p. 171 16. Chapter 10 An overview of nanotechnology in plant disease management, food safety, and sustainable agriculture - p. 193 17. Chapter 11 Plant growth promoting bacteria as biocontrol agents against diseases of cereal crops - p. 221 18. Chapter 12 Commercial production and formulation of microbial biocontrol agents - p. 241 19. Chapter 13 Harnessing the potential of biostimulants and biocontrol agents for sustainable management of agricultural productivity - p. 257 20. Chapter 14 Microbial formulation approaches in postharvest disease management - p. 279 21. Chapter 15 Utilization of antagonistic microbes for the eco-friendly management of fungal diseases of the harvested fruits during postharvest handling and storage - p. 307 22. Chapter 16 Microbiological efficacy of decontamination methodologies for fresh produce - p. 323 23. Chapter 17 Sustainable agricultural practices using microbial strains for crop production - p. 357 24. Chapter 18 Probiotics in edible coatings: Approaches to food security and fruits disease management - p. 371 25. Chapter 19 Microbial volatiles: Prospects for plant defense and disease management - p. 387 26. Chapter 20 Molecular techniques used in plant disease diagnosis - p. 405 27. Chapter 21 Biomanagement of Fusarium spp. associated with pulse crops - p. 423 28. Index - p. 453
Food Security and Plant Disease Management offers a comprehensive exploration of biocontrol, the latest technologies being used in plant health assurance, and resulting impacts on crop production and food security. Discussing both theoretical and practical topics, the book examines basic and advanced applications of biosensor and nano-technologies, introduces plant disease, including modes of action and their transmission in host plants, then covers factors contributing to plant disease and various means of addressing those diseases. This volume is part of the Microorganisms in Agriculture and the Environment series and provides important information for developing new effective plant protection practices.
The direct or indirect applications of beneficial microbes in the treatment of plant disease is termed “microbial control and these methods have increasingly been identified as important options for plant health management. The beneficial microbes as well as recent omic and nano-technologies also reveal important mechanisms that can be utilized in disease management strategies.
1. Food Security and Plant Disease Management - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. v 6. List of Contributors - p. xi 7. Chapter 1 Recent advancement in plant disease management - p. 1 8. Chapter 2 Current status of plant diseases and food security - p. 19 9. Chapter 3 Microbial bioactive compounds in plant disease management - p. 37 10. Chapter 4 Exploring the molecular signatures of host–pathogen interactions in plant diseases: conflict and cooperation - p. 63 11. Chapter 5 Principle, diversity, mechanism, and potential of practical application of plant probiotic bacteria for the biocontrol of phytopathogens by induced systemic resistance - p. 75 12. Chapter 6 RNA interference as a promising strategy for plant disease management - p. 95 13. Chapter 7 Safflower disease—a sustainable protection against Alternaria carthami L. - p. 127 14. Chapter 8 Mycotoxin-associated food safety concerns of agriculture crops - p. 149 15. Chapter 9 CRISPR/Cas in food security and plant disease management - p. 171 16. Chapter 10 An overview of nanotechnology in plant disease management, food safety, and sustainable agriculture - p. 193 17. Chapter 11 Plant growth promoting bacteria as biocontrol agents against diseases of cereal crops - p. 221 18. Chapter 12 Commercial production and formulation of microbial biocontrol agents - p. 241 19. Chapter 13 Harnessing the potential of biostimulants and biocontrol agents for sustainable management of agricultural productivity - p. 257 20. Chapter 14 Microbial formulation approaches in postharvest disease management - p. 279 21. Chapter 15 Utilization of antagonistic microbes for the eco-friendly management of fungal diseases of the harvested fruits during postharvest handling and storage - p. 307 22. Chapter 16 Microbiological efficacy of decontamination methodologies for fresh produce - p. 323 23. Chapter 17 Sustainable agricultural practices using microbial strains for crop production - p. 357 24. Chapter 18 Probiotics in edible coatings: Approaches to food security and fruits disease management - p. 371 25. Chapter 19 Microbial volatiles: Prospects for plant defense and disease management - p. 387 26. Chapter 20 Molecular techniques used in plant disease diagnosis - p. 405 27. Chapter 21 Biomanagement of Fusarium spp. associated with pulse crops - p. 423 28. Index - p. 453
