Crop Diseases

Plant Diseases Are Among The Important Factors That Are Responsible For Causing Yield Loss In Crop ProductionThe Loss Due To Diseases Alone Is Estimated To Be Around Per CentDiseases May Attack At Any Stage Of The Standing Crop, From Seedlings Till Maturity Of The CropThey May Affect Different Parts Of The Plants, Such As Foliage, Stem, Root, Flowers Or Seed And Cause Various Types Of Symptoms, While The Diseases Such As Wilt Affect The Entire PlantAll These Ultimately Result In The Reduction Of Yield And Poor Quality Of The ProduceFurther, Many Pathogens Continue To Attack The Stored Grains And Stored Produce, And Cause SpoilageTo Save The Crops From Diseases Caused By Pathogens And Thereby To Increase Crop Production, It Is Imminent That Diseases Have To Be Controlled By Any MeansTo Adopt Various Strategies For The Control Of Pathogens, One Should Have Some Basic Knowledge About The Symptoms Produced By The Pathogens, Their Life Cycle, Mode Of Survival And Spread, And The Stage At Which The Host Is Most Vulnerable To Attack By The PathogensMost Of The Cultivated Varieties Of Different Crops Are Susceptible To One Disease Or Another, While Some Others Are Susceptible To Many DiseasesEven Resistant Cultivars Of Some Of The Crop Species May Become Susceptible To Some Specific Diseases In Course Of Time As AResult Of Development Of New Physiologic Races Of The Pathogen By Hybridization Or Natural Mutation Or When The Environmental Conditions Are Highly Favorable For The Pathogen And Not Quite Favorable For The HostIn This Book The Authors Have Given ADetailed Account Of The Major Diseases Of Important Field Crops And Horticultural Crops, And Their ManagementThe Text Is Substantiated With Many Handdrawn Illustrations, Which Are Of Excellent Quality And In Fact It Is The Highlight Of The BookAOn Important Edible Mushrooms Commonly Grown In India, Methods Of Cultivation Of Different Mushrooms, Diseases And Pests Attacking Mushroom Beds And Mushrooms Is Also Included In The BookThis May Be Quite Useful To Emerging Entrepreneu
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