Zonate leaf spot of Sorghum

ISBN-13: 9783848411061 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str.

Bhupendra Singh Kharayat; Yogendra Singh

Opis

This monograph deals with zonate leaf spot of sorghum which is one of the most destructive diseases of the crop caused by a fungal pathogen Gloeocercospora sorghi. Several basic techniques alongwith their experimental results, have been discussed in very detail, simple and lucid manner. The techniques include: 1. Isolation, Purification and Preservation of fungus from diseased sample, 2. In vitro screening of biocontrol agents (Dual culture technique) and fungicides (Poisoned food technique) and 3.Seed biopriming.

O autorze

Bhupendra Singh Kharayat has earned his M.Sc. Ag. Plant Pathology in 2009 from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand (India). Presently, he is a Ph.D. (Plant Pathology) student in the same university. His research interest centered on Microbial Taxonomy and Molecular Plant Pathology.