Agriculture & Allied Sciences

Diseases of Field Crops: Diagnosis and Management, Volume 2
Pulses, Oil Seeds, Narcotics, and Sugar Crops

Editors: J. N. Srivastava, PhD
A. K. Singh, PhD

Diseases of Field Crops: Diagnosis and Management, Volume 2

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Pub Date: October 2020
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Hard ISBN: 9781771888400
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-77463-962-7
E-Book ISBN: 9780429321962
Pages: 400pp w/index
Binding Type: hardback / paperback / ebook
Notes: 14 color and 48 b/w illustrations

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Plant diseases cause yield loss in crop production, poor quality of produce, and great economic losses as well. Knowledge of the perpetuation and spread of the pathogens and various factors affecting disease development is an important need. Disease diagnosis is the prime requirement for determining preventive or curative measures for effective disease management. This new 2-volume set, Diseases of Field Crops: Diagnosis and Management, helps to fill the need for research on plant diseases, their effects, how they spread, and effective management measures to mitigate their harmful effects.

The volumes in this set showcase recent advances in molecular plant pathology and discuss appropriate diagnostic techniques for identification of causal agents and diseases, providing the information necessary to establish management strategies. The chapters in these two volumes include detailed description of symptoms, causal organisms, disease cycles, epidemiology, and management techniques of economically important diseases. The volumes explore existing strategies and offer new methods that can be used in an integrated manner and with a comprehensive approach for the management of major diseases of the field crops. Also taken into consideration is the impact of global climate change on the spread and severity of plant diseases.

The first volume, Volume 1: Cereals, Small Millets, and Fiber Crops, covers a selection of cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food and the diseases that affect them. The crops include rice, maize, wheat, millet, sorghum, jute, and more. Volume 2: Volume 2: Pulses, Oil Seeds, Narcotics, and Sugar Crops is comprised of eighteen chapters with each chapter focusing on only one crop, with detailed account of symptoms, causal organisms, disease cycles, epidemiology, and management of the diseases caused by fungi, bacteria and viruses. Some crops discussed include green gram, chickpeas and peas, lentils, soybeans, groundnuts, sunflowers, sugarcane, tobacco, and others.

With chapters from authors actively engaged in teaching, research, and extension, the volumes are vividly enhanced with an abundance of photos and illustrations of typical symptoms, portrayed with graphs, tables, and line drawings.

These volumes will provide a wealth of valuable information on plant diseases and effective management strategies. They will be a useful resource and guide for growers, students and faculty, industry professionals, and researchers and scientists engaged in agriculture and in resolving plant disease diagnosis, disease etiology, and management.

Key features:

  • Provides appropriate diagnostic techniques for identification of causal agents and diseases
  • Explores existing strategies and offers new methods for the management of major diseases of the field crops
  • Considers the impact of global climate change on the spread and severity of plant diseases


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CONTENTS:
Preface

1. Current Status of Bengal Gram Diseases and Their Management Strategies
K. K. Sharma and Ashish Kumar

2. Current Status of Chickpea Diseases and Their Integrated Management
Durga Prasad Awasthi and Ranganathswamy Math

3. Important Diseases of Field Pea Pisum sativum Var. Arvense) and Their Management
A. Khulbe and K. K. Sharma

4. Important Diseases of Green Gram (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) and Their Management
Jai Singh, K. K. Mishra, and A. K. Chaubey

5. Integrated Disease Management of Horse Gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum)
Upma Dutta, Sachin Gupta, Anamika Jamwal, and Sonika Jamwal

6. Diseases of Lentil (Lens esculentus Moench) and Their Management
Ranganathswamy Math, A. K. Patibanda, and J. N. Srivastava

7. Diseases of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) and Their Management
Manoj Kumar Kalita

8. Integrated Disease Management in Pigeonpea
Sanjeev Kumar, S. N. Singh, U. K. Krare, S. P. Tiwari, Usha Bhale, Jayant Bhatt, and M. S. Bhale

9. Important Diseases of Soybean Crop and Their Management
V. K. Yadav, C. P. Khare, P. K. Tiwari, and J. N. Srivastava

10. Current Status of Castor Diseases and Their Management
N. M. Gohel, B. K. Prajapati, and Harshil V. Parmar

11. Current Status Groundnut (Arachis hypogae L.) Diseases and Their Management
Kottramma C. Addangadi and Ranganathswamy Math

12. Current Status of Linseed (Linum usitatisimum L.) Diseases and Their Management
Ranganathswamy Math and Durga Prasad Awasthi

13. Present Scenario of Rapeseed-Mustard Diseases and Their Integrated Management
P. D. Meena and Ashish Sheera

14. Important Diseases of Sesamum (Sesamum indicum L.) and Their Management
V. B. Singh, A. K. Singh, J. N. Srivastava, and S. K. Singh

15. Sunflower Diseases and Their Management by Integrated Approach
Kothakota Venkataramanamma, Lingan Rajendran, and C. Gopalakrishnan

16. Diseases of Taramira (Eruca sativa Mill.) and Their Management: An Indian Perspective
K. K. Sharma and J. N. Srivastava

17. Current Status of Smut Disease of Sugarcane and Its Management in India
Geeta Sharma and Jai Singh

18. Diseases of Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum Linn.) and Their Management
K. Jayalakshmi, H. Ravindra, and J. Raju

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: J. N. Srivastava, PhD
Associate Professor cum Sr. Scientist (Plant Pathology), Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India

J. N. Srivastava, PhD, is currently Associate Professor cum Sr. Scientist (plant pathology) at Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India, as well as a lecturer. Formerly, he was Assistant Professor/Jr. Scientist (plant pathology) at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has acted as Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator for several projects on biological control/ integrated disease management. In addition to teaching and research, he is also engaged in various agriculture extension activities, such as farm advisory services, including video conferencing, radio and TV talks, vocational trainings for the rural youth skill, entrepreneurship development programs, farmer training, in-service training, etc. Dr. Srivastava has published many research papers in both Indian and international journals, book chapters, popular articles, practical and technical bulletins, and leaflets. He was the recipient of many awards for achievement and teaching, including an Excellence in Teaching Award (2017), Excellence in Science Communication Award (2017), Distinguished Faculty Award (2017), Eminent Scientist Award (2018), etc. He is a member of many academic and scientific organizations and is associated with many international, national, and provincial scientific, cultural, and academic/educational bodies, while also serving as an editorial board member of the International Journal of Plant Protection. He is also a reviewer for various foreign journals.

A. K. Singh, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Plant Pathology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu and Kashmir, India

A. K. Singh, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Division of Plant Pathology at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has been engaged for more than 12 years in teaching (both undergraduate and postgraduate levels) and research and also involved in the transfer of technology through different extension activities. He has published more than 30 research papers in national and international journals of repute, one practical manual, and several book chapters and popular articles and has presented many research papers at international, national and regional symposiums and seminars. He is a recipient of several prestigious awards for his research contributions. Also he served as a member of the editorial board of Krishi Vikas Patrika, published by the Directorate of Extension, SKUAST of Jammu. He is a member of several societies of plant pathologists in India and has attended in two 21-day advanced training courses.




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