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Plant Defence: Biological Control

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Editors:
  1. Jean Michel Mérillon

    1. , Gr. d'Etude Subst. Vég. à Act. Biolog., Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du, Villenave d'Ornon, France

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  2. Kishan Gopal Ramawat

    1. , Botany, University College of Science, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India

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  • Covering gamut of biocontrol
  • Practical and environmental friendly approach to disease control
  • Useful for temperate to subtropical plants

Part of the book series: Progress in Biological Control (PIBC, volume 12)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. General Biology of Parasitism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. General biology of parasitism

    1. Co-evolution of Pathogens, Mechanism Involved in Pathogenesis and Biocontrol of Plant Diseases: An Overview

      • Jaya Arora, Shaily Goyal, Kishan G. Ramawat
      Pages 3-22

  4. Applications of Biological and Natural Agents

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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  5. Applications of biological and natural agents

    1. Stilbenes: Biomarkers of Grapevine Resistance to Disease of High Relevance for Agronomy, Oenology and Human Health

      • Katia Gindro, Virginia Alonso-Villaverde, Olivier Viret, Jean-Laurent Spring, Guillaume Marti, Jean-Luc Wolfender et al.
      Pages 25-54

    2. Alternatives to Synthetic Fungicides Using Small Molecules of Natural Origin

      • Christian Chervin
      Pages 55-66

    3. Fungi as Biological Control Agents of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes

      • Mohammad Reza Moosavi, Rasoul Zare
      Pages 67-107

    4. Secondary Metabolites and Plant Defence

      • Shaily Goyal, C. Lambert, S. Cluzet, J. M. Mérillon, Kishan G. Ramawat
      Pages 109-138

    5. Trends for Commercialization of Biocontrol Agent (Biopesticide) Products

      • Catherine Regnault-Roger
      Pages 139-160

    6. The Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Biological Control of Plant Pathogens: Logistics of New Research Initiatives

      • Arun Kumar, A. K. Purohit
      Pages 161-194

    7. Plant Chemicals in Post Harvest Technology for Management of Fungal, Mycotoxin and Insect Contamination of Food Commodities

      • N. K. Dubey, Priyanka Singh, Bhanu Prakash, Prashant K. Mishra
      Pages 195-208

    8. Ganoderma Diseases of Woody Plants of Indian Arid Zone and their Biological Control

      • Rikhab Raj Bhansali
      Pages 209-239

    9. Plant Defence Against Heavy Metal Stress

      • N. C. Aery
      Pages 241-269

  6. Host Parasite Interaction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 271-271
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  7. Host parasite interaction

    1. Gall Phenotypes – Product of Plant Cells Defensive Responses to the Inducers Attack

      • Rosy Mary dos Santos Isaias, Denis Coelho de Oliveira
      Pages 273-290

    2. The Role of Roots in Plant Defence

      • Matthias Erb
      Pages 291-309

  8. Mechanism and Signal Transduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 311-311
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  9. Mechanism and signal transduction

    1. Activation of Grapevine Defense Mechanisms: Theoretical and Applied Approaches

      • Marielle Adrian, Sophie Trouvelot, Magdalena Gamm, Benoît Poinssot, Marie-Claire Héloir, Xavier Daire
      Pages 313-331

    2. Plant Cyclotides: An Unusual Protein Family with Multiple Functions

      • Michelle F. S. Pinto, Isabel C. M. Fensterseifer, Octavio L. Franco
      Pages 333-344

    3. Methyl Jasmonate as Chemical Elicitor of Induced Responses and Anti-Herbivory Resistance in Young Conifer Trees

      • Xoaquín Moreira, Rafael Zas, Luis Sampedro
      Pages 345-362
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About this book

To meet the challenge of feeding ever increasing human population, efficient, economical and environment friendly disease control methods are required. Pests are responsible for heavy crop losses and reduced food supplies, poorer quality of agricultural products, economic hardship for growers and processor. Generally, chemical control methods are neither always economical nor are they effective and may have associated unwanted health, safety and environmental risks. Biological control involves use of beneficial microorganism to control plant pathogens and diseases they cause and offers an environmental friendly approach to the effective management of plant diseases. This book provides a comprehensive account of interaction of host and its pathogens, induced host resistance, development of biological control agents for practical applications, the underlying mechanism and signal transduction. The book is useful to all those working in academia or industry related to crop protection.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Gr. d'Etude Subst. Vég. à Act. Biolog., Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du, Villenave d'Ornon, France

    Jean Michel Mérillon

  • , Botany, University College of Science, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India

    Kishan Gopal Ramawat

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plant Defence: Biological Control

  • Editors: Jean Michel Mérillon, Kishan Gopal Ramawat

  • Series Title: Progress in Biological Control

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1933-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-1932-3Published: 04 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-1933-0Published: 03 October 2011

  • Series ISSN: 1573-5915

  • Series E-ISSN: 2543-0076

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 412

  • Topics: Plant Pathology, Agriculture

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