Description
Microbial Biotechnology in Crop Protection, 1st ed. 2021
Coordinators: Kaushal Manoj, Prasad Ram
Language: EnglishSubject for Microbial Biotechnology in Crop Protection:
Publication date: 05-2022
449 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 05-2021
Support: Print on demand
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This edited volume is a comprehensive account of plant diseases and insect pests, plant protection and management for various crops using microbial and biotechnological approaches. The book elucidates the role of biotechnology for the enhancement of crop productivity and management of bacterial and fungal diseases via eco-friendly methods. It discusses crop?pest? pathogen interaction and utilizing this interaction in a beneficial and sustainable way. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, plant scientists and plant pathologists. Also the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, forestry, ecology, soil science, and environmental sciences.
Manoj Kaushal, Ph.D. is a Systems Scientist with nearly a decade of teaching and research experience at various national and international institutes. Currently he is working with International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and has associated with CGIAR consortium from more than six years. His research interests include cropping systems, tropical and semi-arid small holder agriculture, microbiome, and agroecologies tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Moreover, he has authored more than 50 research papers in peer reviewed journals, and book chapters.
Elaborates the use of biotechnological approaches in plant protection
Contributions from experts in plant diseases control and management
Special focus on bacterial and fungal pathogens affecting crop plants