Food Security and Plant Disease Management
- 1st Edition - November 20, 2020
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Ajay Kumar, Samir Droby
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 8 4 3 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 8 5 5 - 6
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Request a sales quoteFood 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.
- Explores the impact of climate change on plant diseases and new methods of resolution
- Includes information on gene expression during crop disease management
- Presents insights into the legal and commercial aspects of microbial control
Researchers and students interested in utlizing microbes in crop plant protection and fertilization, general agriculture, environment management. Microbiologists, ecologists, plant pathologists, physiologists, agronomists, molecular biologists, pharmacologists and related researchers
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 managemen15. 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 fruits 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
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 20, 2020
- No. of pages (Paperback): 482
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128218433
- eBook ISBN: 9780128218556
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Ajay Kumar
Dr. Ajay Kumar is currently working as an assistant professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. Dr. Kumar completed his tenure (2018-2022) as a visiting scientist from Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel and doctoral research from Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India on the theme "Plant microbe interaction". In his research tenures, Dr. Kumar has published more than 235 scientific contributions in the form of research and review articles, books or book chapters with the leading International Journals or Publishers. He has wide area of research experience, especially in the field of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Microbial biocontrol, Postharvest management of fruits, Microbial endophytes related with the medicinal plants and cyanobacteria-pesticides interactions. Dr. Kumar actively engaged in editing book with the leading publisher like Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, Willey and edited more than 48 books and currently serving as an Associate editor in Frontier in Microbiology, BMC Microbiology and special guest editor in Microorganisms or Plants MDPI, Journal.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, IndiaSD
Samir Droby
Prof. Samir Droby is a senior research scientist at the ARO, the Volcani Center and Professor of Plant Pathology and postharvest Sciences at the Division of Biochemistry and Food Science at the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Since 2013, he has been serving as the chair of the Postharvest Pathology Subject Matter Committee of the International Society of Plant Pathology. His research expertise include developing biological and natural based control strategies for postharvest diseases, microbiome of harvested commodities, mode of action of yeast biocontrol agents, pathogenicity mechanisms of Penicillium species on citrus and apple fruit and resistance mechanisms of fruits against postharvest pathogens. Prof. Droby has published more than 120 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 25 review articles and 27 book chapters on various topics related to postharvest pathology.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Research Scientist, ARO, Volcani Center and Professor of Plant Pathology and postharvest Sciences, Division of Biochemistry and Food Science, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelRead Food Security and Plant Disease Management on ScienceDirect