1. Edition - March 2009
162.- Euro
2009. 280 Pages, Hardcover
- Professional Book -
ISBN-10: 1-4051-6947-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-6947-9 - John Wiley & Sons








Short description
This important book examines the development and potential exploitation for a range of non-chemical approaches to disease control, with a focus on the need for a greater understanding of crop ecology as the basis for effective disease control in the field. Chapters in the book include coverage of cultural practices, biological control methods, induced resistance, the use of composts and compost extracts, host-plant resistance, the exploitation of tolerance, the use of variety mixtures, biofumigation, solarisation, sulfur-induced resistance, the use of essential oils, the disguising of leaf surfaces, and the use of bacteriophages.

From the contents
1. Introduction

Dale Walters

2. Managing crop disease through cultural practices

Dale Walters

3. Biological control agents in plant disease control

John Whipps and Mark McQuilken

4. Induced resistance for plant disease control

Tony Reglinski and Dale Walters

5. The use of composts and compost extracts in plant disease control

Audrey Litterick and Martin Wood

6. The use of host plant resistance in disease control

Hugh Wallwork


7. Exploitation of tolerance in plant disease control

Ian Bingham and Adrian Newton

8. Plant disease control through the use of variety mixtures

Adrian Newton

9. Biofumigation as a means of controlling plant disease

John Kirkegaard

10. Control of plant disease through solarisation

Jacoov Katan and Abraham Gamliel

11. Sulphur-induced resistance in plant disease control

Silvia Haneklaus and Ewald Snug

12. Control of plant disease by disguising the leaf surface

Dale Walters


13. Bacteriophages as agents for the control of plant pathogenic bacteria

Jeffrey Jones, Timur Momol, Aleksa Obradovic and Botond Balogh

14. Controlling plant disease using biologically-based and environmentally-friendly approaches: making it work in practice

Dale Walters