Recent Developments in Management of Plant Diseases

1. Front Matter

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2. Concepts in Chemical Control

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Challenges of Chemical Control of Plant Diseases

      • Andy Leadbeater, Ulrich Gisi

      Pages 3-17

   3. Novel Tools to Identify the Mode of Action of Fungicides as Exemplified with Fluopicolide

      • Valérie Toquin, François Barja, Catherine Sirven, Stéphanie Gamet, Lucile Mauprivez, Philippe Peret et al.

      Pages 19-36

   4. QoI Fungicide Resistance: Current Status and the Problems Associated with DNA-Based Monitoring

      • Hideo Ishii

      Pages 37-45

   5. Regulatory Aspects in Chemical Control of Fungal Diseases: Impact on Efficient Plant Production

      • Georg F. Backhaus

      Pages 47-55

3. Concepts in Biological Control of Plant Pathogens

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 58-58

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   2. The Roles of Cyclic Lipopeptides in the Biocontrol Activity of Bacillus subtilis

      • Marc Ongena, Guillaume Henry, Philippe Thonart

      Pages 59-69

   3. Biocontrol of Plant Pathogens and Plant Growth Promotion by Bacillus

      • Brian B. McSpadden Gardener

      Pages 71-79

   4. Importance of Multitrophic Interactions for Successful Biocontrol of Plant Parasitic Nematodes with Paecilomyces lilacinus Strain 251

      • Sebastian Kiewnick

      Pages 81-92

   5. Interactions Between Clonostachys rosea f. catenulata, Fusarium oxysporum and Cucumber Roots Leading to Biological Control of Fusarium Root and Stem Rot

      • Syama Chatterton, Zamir K. Punja

      Pages 93-106

   6. Screening of Biocontrol Agents for Control of Foliar Diseases

      • Jürgen Köhl

      Pages 107-119

   7. Quorum Sensing as a Target for Novel Biocontrol Strategies Directed at Pectobacterium

      • Amélie Cirou, Stéphane Uroz, Emilie Chapelle, Xavier Latour, Nicole Orange, Denis Faure et al.

      Pages 121-131

   8. The Status of Biological Control of Plant Diseases in Soilless Cultivation

      • Joeke Postma

      Pages 133-146

   9. REBECA – EU-Policy Support Action to Review Regulation of Biological Control Agents

      • Ralf-Udo Ehlers

      Pages 147-161

   10. Fungal Disease Management in Organic Apple Orchards: Epidemiological Aspects and Management Approaches

       • Imre J. Holb

       Pages 163-177

4. Natural Compounds

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 180-180

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   2. Exploitation of Natural Compounds in Eco-Friendly Management of Plant Pests

      • N. K. Dubey, Ashok Kumar, Priyanka Singh, Ravindra Shukla

      Pages 181-198

   3. Regulation and Functional Analysis of Bioprotective Metabolite Genes from the Grass Symbiont Epichloe festucae

      • Barry Scott, Ruth E. Wrenn, Kimberley J. May, Daigo Takemoto, Carolyn A. Young, Aiko Tanaka et al.

      Pages 199-213

5. Soilborne Plant Diseases and their Control

   1. Front Matter

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Plant disease management remains an important component of plant pathology and is more complex today than ever before including new innovation in diagnostic kits, the discovery of new modes of action of chemicals with low environmental impact, biological control agents with reliable and persistent activity, as well as the development of new plant varieties with durable disease resistance. This book is a collection of invited lectures given at the 9th International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP 2008), held in Torino, August 24-29, 2008 and is part of a series of volumes on Plant Pathology in the 21st Century. It focuses on new developments of disease management and provides an updated overview of the state of the art given by world experts in the different fields of disease management. The different chapters deal with basic aspects of disease management, mechanisms of action of biological control agents, innovation in fungicide application, exploitation of natural compounds and resistance strategies. Moreover, the management of soil-borne diseases and disease management in organic farming are covered.

• Fungi
• Pathogen
• breeding
• crops
• organic farming
• plant breeding
• regulation
• soybean

From the reviews:

“This publication is a collection of lectures given at the 9^o International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP 2008), held in Torino (Italy) 24 – 29 August, 2008 and is a part of a series of volumes on Plant Pathology in the twenty first Century. … The bibliographical references are detailed at the end of each chapter. … This book is recommended for researchers who need to extend or update the knowledge in management of plant diseases and the regulatory aspects.” (Pascual Franzone, Integrated Pest Management Bulletin, December, 2010)

“The first and largest volume, containing 24 papers, deals with Recent Developments in Management of Plant Disease. … They bring together a summary of work across the whole field of plant pathology … . They thus enable specialists to see their specialism as part of an integrated whole, and for students and those at the start of their careers they provide an invaluable summary of what is going on, who the key players are and where the knowledge lacunae lie.” (David Ingram, Food Security, Vol. 3, 2011)

• Research Product Biology, Syngenta Crop Protection, Basel, Switzerland

  Ulrich Gisi

• Fac. Agriculture, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

  I. Chet

• Centro di Competenza per, Università di Torino, Grugliasco, Italy

  Maria Lodovica Gullino

Ulrich Gisi is a professor of plant pathology and soil ecology at the University of Basel (Switzerland) and a long experienced scientist and expert in agrochemical industry (Syngenta) for fungicide mode of action, resistance and population biology.

Ilan Chet is a professor of microbiology. He was dean V.P. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, and President of the Weizman Institute. Professor Chet is recipient of the Wolf, Israel, Rothschild, EMT and Max Planck prizes.

Maria Lodovica Gullino is a professor of plant pathology at the University of Torino and President of the International Society for Plant Pathology. She has long term experience in plant disease management.

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