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Food Security and Plant Disease Management
Provides practical insight to the latest microbial control practices, including nanotechnologies and biosensors, to improve crop yield and food security
Ajay Kumar (Edited by), Samir Droby (Edited by)
9780128218433, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 26 November 2020
482 pages, 70 illustrations (20 in full color)
23.4 x 19 x 3 cm, 0.95 kg
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. Introduction of plant diseases: Infections and transmission 2. Current status of plant diseases and food security3. Impact of climate change on plant diseases and food production: an Overview4. Exploring the Molecular signatures of host–pathogen interactions in plant diseases: conflict and cooperation5. Principle, diversity, mechanism and potential of practical application of plant probiotic bacteria for the biocontrol of phytopathogens by induced systemic resistance6. RNA interference as a promising strategy for plant disease management7. Safflower plant disease -sustainable protection against (Alternaria carthamus L.)8. Mycotoxins associated food safety concerns of agriculture crops9. CRISPER/CAS technology for food security and plant disease management10. An overview of nanotechnology in disease management and food safety11. Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) as biocontrol agents in the cereal crops12. Recent advances in commercial production and formulation of microbial biocontrol agents13. Harnessing the potential of biostimulants and biocontrol agents for sustainable management of agricultural productivity14. Microbial formulation approaches in postharvest disease management15. Utilization of antagonistic microbes for the eco-friendly management of fungal diseases of the harvested fruits during post-harvest handling and storage 16. Microbiological efficacy of decontamination methodologies for fresh produce17. Sustainable agricultural practices using microbial strains for crop protection18. Probiotics in edible coatings: approaches to food security and fruit disease management 19. Microbial volatiles: prospects for plant defense and disease management20. Molecular techniques used in plant disease diagnosis21. Biomanagement of Fusarium spp. associated with pulses
Subject Areas: Agronomy & crop production [TVK], Agriculture & farming [TV], Food & beverage technology [TDCT], Food security & supply [RNFF], The environment [RN], Microbiology [non-medical PSG]
