About the Book: Crop Diseases Management: Principles and Practices
Crop diseases are known to be caused by various abiotic andbiotic agents. Among
the biotic agents, microbial plant pathogens -fungi, bacteria, phytoplasmas,
viruses and viroids - accounts forsignificant quantitative and qualitative
losses in agricultural andhorticultural crops. It is essential to have adequate
knowledge ofvarious aspects of these plant pathogens. Information on
preciseidentification of microbial plant pathogens, process of
diseasedevelopment, epidemiology, assessment of losses due to
diseases,principles of disease management, their applications for containingthe
diseases and the possible ways of integrating the practices isrequired to
develop and enhance the effectiveness of diseasemanagement systems suitable for
different ecosystems. Basic plantpathological methods provided