1st Edition

Diseases of Field Crops Diagnosis and Management Volume 2: Pulses, Oil Seeds, Narcotics, and Sugar Crops

Edited By J. N. Srivastava, A. K. Singh Copyright 2020
400 Pages 14 Color & 48 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

400 Pages 14 Color & 48 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

400 Pages 14 Color & 48 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

Plant diseases cause yield loss in crop production, poor quality of produce, and great economic losses as well. Knowledge of the perpetuation and spread of the pathogens and various factors affecting disease development is an important need. Disease diagnosis is the prime requirement for determining preventive or curative measures for effective disease management. This new 2-volume set, Diseases... Read more

Volume 2: Pulses, Oil Seeds, Narcotics, and Sugar Crops

1. Current Status of Bengal Gram Diseases and Their Management Strategies

K. K. Sharma and Ashish Kumar

2. Current Status of Chickpea Diseases and Their Integrated Management

Durga Prasad Awasthi and Ranganathswamy Math

3. Important Diseases of Field Pea (Pisum sativum Var. Arvense) and Their Management

A. Khulbe and K. K. Sharma

4. Important Diseases of Green Gram (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) and Their Management

Jai Singh, K. K. Mishra, and A. K. Chaubey

5. Integrated Disease Management of Horse Gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum)

Upma Dutta, Sachin Gupta, Anamika Jamwal, and Sonika Jamwal

6. Diseases of Lentil (Lens esculentus Moench) and Their Management

Ranganathswamy Math, A. K. Patibanda, and J. N. Srivastava

7. Diseases of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) and Their Management

Manoj Kumar Kalita

8. Integrated Disease Management in Pigeonpea

Sanjeev Kumar et al.

9. Important Diseases of Soybean Crop and Their Management

V. K. Yadav et al.

10. Current Status of Castor Diseases and Their Management

N. M. Gohel, B. K. Prajapati, and Harshil V. Parmar

11. Current Status Groundnut (Arachis hypogae L.) Diseases and Their Management

Kottramma C. Addangadi and Ranganathswamy Math

12. Current Status of Linseed (Linum usitatisimum L.) Diseases and Their Management

Ranganathswamy Math and Durga Prasad Awasthi

13. Present Scenario of Rapeseed-Mustard Diseases and Their Integrated Management

P. D. Meena and Ashish Sheera

14. Important Diseases of Sesamum (Sesamum indicum L.) and Their Management

V. B. Singh et al.

15. Sunflower Diseases and Their Management by Integrated Approach

Kothakota Venkataramanamma, Lingan Rajendran, and C. Gopalakrishnan

16. Diseases of Taramira (Eruca sativa Mill.) and Their Management: An Indian Perspective

K. K. Sharma and J. N. Srivastava

17. Current Status of Smut Disease of Sugarcane and Its Management in India

Geeta Sharma and Jai Singh

18. Diseases of Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum Linn.) and Their Management

K. Jayalakshmi, H. Ravindra, and J. Raju

Biography

J. N. Srivastava, PhD, is Associate Professor/Sr. Scientist (plant pathology) at Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. Formerly, he was Assistant Professor/Jr. Scientist (plant pathology) at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has acted as principal investigator and co-principal investigator for several projects on biological control/integrated disease management. Dr. Srivastava has published many research papers, book chapters, popular articles, practical and technical bulletins, and leaflets and has received many awards for achievement and teaching.



A. K. Singh, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Division of Plant Pathology at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has been engaged for more than 12 years in teaching and research and is also involved in the transfer of technology through extension activities. He has published more than 30 research papers in national and international journals, one practical manual, several book chapters, and popular articles and has presented many research papers at international, national and regional symposiums and seminars. He is a recipient of several prestigious awards for his research contributions.