Advances in Plant Disease Management Volume II Strategic and Applied Research

Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) and its significance in International Trade  

D K Nagaraju and J P Singh

Fungicides Resistance Management

Ashutosh Bhaik, Mamadou Kane Mboup, Andy Leader and Jean-Luc Genet

Management of pesticide residues in agriculture for a safer food in the 21^st century

Kaushik Banerjee and Anoop A. Krishnan

Off label Use of Agrochemicals: Risks and Trade Implications

Vandana Tripathy, K.K. Sharma, Ruchi Gupta, Kesar Tandekar and Suresh Walia*

Drones in Crop Protection: A Paradigm Shift in Application Technology

Shekhar Varshney, Amitava Sanyal and Pranjib K. Chakrabarty

Sero-diagnosis: a novel tool in precise detection of pathogens, bioinoculants and induced immunity in plants

B.N. Chakraborty and U. Chakraborty

Challenges and opportunities for sustainable bio-intensive integrated disease management

S. C. Dubey, A. Kandan, R. Ramesh and O.P. Sharma

Plant microbiome: Ecology, functions, and emerging trends in microbial application

Aundy Kumar

Recent developments in biopesticide use: Current status and future prospects

Nidhi Rai, Akansha Jain, Sashi Pandey Rai, B.K. Sarma, H.B. Singh

Significance of seed treatment in management of plant diseases

S. Aravindan and Sanjay Kumar

Disease Suppressive Soils and Plant Disease Management: An Overview

Somasundaram Jayaraman, T. Muthukumar, Anandkumar Naorem and Davis Joseph Bagyaraj

Advances in genetic improvement of legumes to biotic stresses

Mamta Sharma, Avijit Tarfdar, Raju Ghosh, Kasi Rao M, Srinivas K, Rajeev K. Varshney, and Govind P. Rao

Novel and strategic approaches for management of plant parasitic nematodes in sustainable agriculture

Raman Kumar Walia, Matiyar Rahaman Khan and Vishal Singh Somvanshi

Plant Biostimulants - Reinvigorating Agriculture

P.K. Chakrabarty, Yasmin, and Selvakumaran S

Biography

Pranjib K. Chakrabarty, PhD, served as Assistant Director General (Plant Protection and Biosafety) and Member (Plant Sciences), ASRB, New Delhi. He did pioneer research on host–pathogen interaction, functional genomics, and diagnostics. He is an adjunct faculty of the University of Florida, Gainesville, and had postdoctoral research experience at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and the University of Missouri‑Columbia, USA.

Kalyan K. Mondal, PhD, is Joint Director (Research) at ICAR‑NIBSM, Raipur. He is a visiting fellow at Stanford University, California, USA, and he has significantly contributed to the understanding of the role of bacterial Type‑3‑Secretion‑System (T3SS) effectors in the modulation of plant defense.

Mahender S. Saharan, PhD, is the Head of the Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR‑IARI, New Delhi. He contributed significantly to the study of wheat pathology and actively participated in strategy implementation for managing wheat rusts and Karnal bunt. He worked in many international collaborative research projects, namely, ISCB, ACIAR, CIMMYT, and BBSRC.

Charudatta Digambarrao Mayee, PhD, is a legendary plant pathologist who served as Vice Chancellor‑MAU Parbhani; Director‑Central Institute of Cotton, Nagpur; and Agriculture Commissioner, Government of India, New Delhi, before superannuating as the Chairman, ASRB, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India.

Jagdish Kumar, PhD, is an Alexander Humboldt Fellow of Germany. He served as Joint Director of the School of Crop Health Biology Research and Director of ICAR‑NIBSM, Chhattisgarh. He has vast experience in developing plant disease forecasting models. He worked on the biochemical basis of host resistance in cereals.