Disease Control in Crops

Biological and Environmentally-Friendly Approaches
Herausgegeben von Walters, Dale

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The control of diseases in crops is still largely dominated by the use of fungicides, but with the increasing incidence of fungicide resistance, plus mounting concern for the environment resulting from excessive agrochemical use, the search for alternative, reliable methods of disease control is gaining momentum.
The purpose of this important book is to examine the development and exploitation (or potential for exploitation) of a range of non-chemical approaches to disease control, with a focus on the need for a greater understanding of crop ecology as the basis for effective disease control in the field. Chapters in the book, written by international experts in the subject area, include coverage of:

biological control methods
host-plant resistance
the exploitation of tolerance
and the use of bacteriophages
Carefully edited by Professor Dale Walters, widely respected for his work in the area of crop protection, Disease Control in Crops is an essential reference book for plant pathologists, microbiologists, plant and agricultural scientists and crop protection specialists, including those working within, and providing consultancy to, the agrochemical industries. Libraries in all universities and research establishments where biological sciences and agriculture are studied and taught should have copies of this timely publication on their shelves.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 172mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 772g
• ISBN-13: 9781405169479
• ISBN-10: 1405169478
• Artikelnr.: 26990594

Autorenporträt

Professor Dale Walters is based at the Crop and Soil Systems research Group, Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, U. K.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Dale Walters 2. Managing crop disease through cultural
practices Dale Walters 3. Biological control agents in plant disease
control John Whipps and Mark McQuilken 4. Induced resistance for plant
disease control Tony Reglinski and Dale Walters 5. The use of composts and
compost extracts in plant disease control Audrey Litterick and Martin Wood
6. The use of host plant resistance in disease control Hugh Wallwork 7.
Exploitation of tolerance in plant disease control Ian Bingham and Adrian
Newton 8. Plant disease control through the use of variety mixtures Adrian
Newton 9. Biofumigation as a means of controlling plant disease John
Kirkegaard 10. Control of plant disease through solarisation Jacoov Katan
and Abraham Gamliel 11. Sulphur-induced resistance in plant disease control
Silvia Haneklaus and Ewald Snug 12. Control of plant disease by disguising
the leaf surface Dale Walters 13. Bacteriophages as agents for the control
of plant pathogenic bacteria Jeffrey Jones, Timur Momol, Aleksa Obradovic
and Botond Balogh 14. Controlling plant disease using biologically-based
and environmentally-friendly approaches: making it work in practice Dale
Walters

Rezensionen

"Here, Walters, a crop protection specialist, offers readers a remarkable series of papers discussing greatly improved control methods." (CHOICE, October 2009)