In the recent years, the need to increase food production to meet
the demands of rapidly increasing population from a limited land
resource necessitated the use of intensive farming systems, with
the inputs like narrow genetic base, high dose of fertilizers,
pesticides, irrigation, monocropping, etc. which led to the
development of diseases and pest. The effect of changing global
climate, particularly the sharp increase in CO2 concentration, has
increased the susceptibility of plants to pathogens and pests.
Because of the chemicalization of agriculture, the age-old
eco-friendly pest management practices like sanitation, crop
rotation, mixed cropping, adjustment of date of planting,
fallowing, summer ploughing, green manuring, composting, etc. are
not being practiced, affecting the crops adversely. This has
encouraged researchers to look for eco-friendly and novel
approaches for pest management. The information on recent advances
in crop protection (involving bacteria, fungi, nematodes, insects,
mites and weeds) is scattered. The book delves upon the most latest
developments in crop protection such as avermectins,
bacteriophages, biofumigation, biotechnological approaches;
bio-priming of seeds; disguising the leaf surface; use of
non-pathogenic strains, plant defense activators, plant growth
promoting rhizobacteria, pathogenesis-related proteins, strobilurin
fungicides, RNA interference, and variety of mixtures/cultivar
mixtures/multilines; soil solarization; biointensive integrated
pest management; among several others (fusion protein-based
biopesticides, seed mat technology and environmental methods). This
book is a ready reference for students, policy-makers, scientists,
researchers and extension workers.
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