Innovative Approaches in Diagnosis and Management of Crop Diseases

ISBN-13: 9781774639535 / Angielski / Inna / 2024

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Volume 2 focuses on recent advances in diagnosis, detection, and management of diseases of specific crops, such as cotton, sesame, rice, wheat, millet, maize, field pea and pigeonpea, ginger and turmeric, guava, aonla, and vegetable cruciferous crops.

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1. Paradigm Shift in Detection of Rice Diseases and Their Management 2. Diagnosis and Management of Fungal Diseases of Rice Prevalent in Telangana State, India 3. New Insights into the Identification and Management of Wheat Diseases 4. Detection and Management Approaches of Bakanae (Foot Rot) Disease in Rice 5. Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Cotton Crop in Punjab, India 6. Modern Approaches for Management of Sesame Diseases 7. Approaches for Diagnosis and Management of Banded Blight in Small Millets 8. Maize Diseases and Their Sustainable Management in India: Current Status and Future Perspectives 9. Recent Advances in Detection, Diagnosis, and Management of Finger Millet Diseases 10. Recent Approaches for Diagnosis and Management of Economically Important Diseases of Field Pea (Pisum sativum L.) in India 11. Recent Advances in Bio-Intensive Management (BM) of Major Diseases of Pigeonpea in India 12. Innovative Approaches in Diagnosis and Management of Diseases in Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) and Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) 13. Diagnosis and Diversity Analysis of Alternaria brassicae and A. Brassicicola in Vegetable Cruciferous Crops 14. Recent Advances in Diseases Management of Aonla (Emblica officinalis) 15. Guava Wilt and Its Management

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R. K. Singh, PhD, is Head, Plant Pathology at Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (RVSKVV), College of Agriculture, Indore, M.P., India. He is esteemed member of national and international research societies and a fellow of the Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development. He has been honored with four awards from national societies. Dr. Singh has guided 25 MSc (Ag) and 3 PhD students on modern integrated areas in biology and has published over 65 research papers along with book chapters, instructional manuals, and popular articles. He has experience in teaching, research, and extension work in agriculture in various capacities for over 20 years. He was PI of a project funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), ICAR, and evaluated several newly evolved agrochemical companies. He is actively working in the detection of plant pathogens and the identification of sources of resistance in chickpea and mungbean. Dr. Singh has developed a molecular plant pathology laboratory for wilt sick plot for chickpea and mushroom cultivation and a value addition laboratory at RVSKVV.

Gopala, PhD, is affiliated with Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (RVSKVV), College of Agriculture, Indore, M.P., India. He earned his MSc and PhD degrees in Plant Pathology from IARI, New Delhi, India. He has cleared his exams such as ICAR PGS-JRF and had a IARI merit scholarship for his PhD. He also cleared ICAR NET in 2014. He has received three awards from national societies. During his MSc work, he has developed a new screening technique and rating scale for stalk rot of maize caused by Macrophomina phaseolina. During his PhD work, he has reported new phytoplasma diseases in Cucurbita pepo, bougainvillea, dianthus, petunia, and ornamental kale along with its associated vectors. He has submitted more than 50 sequences to the National Center for Biotechnology Information and received accession numbers. Dr. Gopala has published more than 15 research papers in journals of national and international repute.