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Biological Control as a Tool for Eco-friendly Management of Plant Pathogens

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7380-9_8
10.1007/978-981-10-7380-9_8
 
Title Biological Control as a Tool for Eco-friendly Management of Plant Pathogens
 
Creator Sharma, M
Tarafdar, A
Ghosh, R
Gopalakrishnan, S
 
Subject Plant Protection
Plant Pathology
 
Description Crop protection is pivotal to maintain abundant production of high quality. Over the past 100 years, use of chemical fertilizers and pathocides and good agronomical practices enabled growers to maintain improved crop productivity. However, extensive use of chemicals during the last few decades in controlling pests and diseases resulted in negative impacts on the environment, producing inferior quality and harming consumer health. In recent times, diverse approaches are being used to manage and/or mitigate a variety of pathogens for control of plant diseases. Biological control is the alternative approach for disease management that is eco-friendly and reduces the amount of human contact with harmful chemicals and their residues. A variety of biocontrol agents including fungi and bacteria have been identified but require effective adoption and further development of such agents. This requires a better understanding of the intricate interactions among the pathogen, plants and environment towards sustainable agriculture. Beyond the field assessment, the analysis of microbial communities with culture-independent molecular techniques including sequencing technologies and genomics information has begun a new era of plant disease management.
 
Publisher Springer
 
Contributor Adhya, T A
Mishra, B B
Annapurna, K
Verma, D K
Kumar, U
 
Date 2018
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10420/1/2018_Book%20Chapter%20biocontrol.pdf
Sharma, M and Tarafdar, A and Ghosh, R and Gopalakrishnan, S (2018) Biological Control as a Tool for Eco-friendly Management of Plant Pathogens. In: Advances in Soil Microbiology: Recent Trends and Future Prospects, Volume 2: Soil-Microbe-Plant Interaction. Springer, Singapore, pp. 153-188. ISBN 978-981-10-7379-3