Horticultural Plant Diseases and their control

by T Esaiyas

ISBN: 9789387642195
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Imprint : Agri Horti Press
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 10995.00
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About The Book

The diseases of horticultural crops not only reduce the productivity capability but also adversely affect the quality with the changing climate, horticultural crops have become vulnerable to hazards of plants and diseases, playing a major role in causing threat to food security. The present book deals with horticultural plants, diseases of horticultural crops, green – house horticultural plant diseases and their control, biological pest control measures, managing diseases and pests in home vegetable gardens, methods for managing crop diseases, nature of resistance in disease and protection of the crop plants. This book will cater the needs of students, teachers, researchers of plant pathology, horticulture, seed companies and growers who want to identify and manage diseases.

Table of Contents

Preface v-vi 1. Horticultural Plants 1 2. Diseases of Horticultural Crops 35 3. Diseases and its Control Measures 92 4. Greenhouse Horticultural Plant Diseases and their Control 121 5. Biological Pest Control Measures 163 6. Managing Diseases and Pests in Home Vegetable Gardens 204 7. Methods for Managing Crop Diseases 229 8. Nature of Resistance in Disease 265 9. Protection of the Crop Plant 296 Bibliography 313 Index 315