The book comprises eight chapters covering the latest information on Soil as an environment for plant pathogens, Nature and importance of rhizosphere and rhizoplane, Soil and root Inhabiting fungi, Types of biocontrol agents, Inoculum potential and density in relation to host and soil variables, Competition, Predation, Antibiosis and Fungistasis, Conducive and Suppressive soils and finally, Biological control-Concepts potentialities of bioagents for managing soil borne pathogens. Appropriate diagrams, convincing tables and suitable graphs / illustrations have been furnished at the right...