Diseases and Management of Field Crops

Description

The use of fungicides is still largely responsible for the control of diseases in crops. Still, due to the increasing prevalence of fungicide protection and growing environmental concerns resulting from excessive agrochemical use, the search for alternative, effective disease control methods is gaining momentum. This important book's goal is to examine the development and abuse (or potential abuse) of various non-drug approaches to disease management, focusing on the need for a deeper understanding of product biology as the foundation for effective disease management in the field. The book's sections, which international experts in the field wrote, cover a variety of organic control techniques, plant protection, the misuse of resistance, as well as the employment of bacteriophages.