[EBOOK] Recent Developments in Management of Plant Diseases, Ulrich Gisi, Ilan Chet and M. Lodovica Gullino, Published by Springer

In addition to being scientifically interesting, plant pathology covers very practical aspects such as the study of symptoms, causes and mechanisms of disease development as well as the development of methods to manage plant diseases. Reliable disease management is the foundation for both the quantity and quality of plant products available to the world population and contributes to maintain the health and beauty of our landscape. Considering that an average of 14% of the produced crops are lost to plant diseases and another 6-12% loss after harvest, particularly in developing countries, it is easy to understand the need of measures to manage plant diseases.

Plant disease management remains an important component of plant pathology and is more complex today than before including new innovation in diagnostic kits for early and more precise diagnosis, the discovery of new modes of action of chemicals with low environmental impact and biological control agents with reliable and persistent activity as well as the development of new plant varieties with durable disease resistance.

This book is a collection of the invited lectures given at the 9th International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP 2008), held in Torino, August 24-29, 2008 and is part of a series of volumes on Plant Pathology in the twenty-first Century. It focuses on new developments of disease management and provides a very much updated overview of the state of the art given by world experts in the different fields of disease management. At ICPP 2008, 8 out of 56 Sessions dealt with disease management, demonstrating the importance of the subject. The different chapters deal with basic aspects of disease management, mechanisms of action of biological control agents, innovation in fungicide application, exploitation of natural compounds and resistance strategies. Moreover, the management of soil-borne diseases and disease management in organic farming are covered.

Twenty-five chapters are organised in five sections that cover concepts in chemical and biological control, exploitation of natural compounds, control of soil-borne plant diseases, plant breeding and resistance strategies.

We believe that, besides representing a written testimony of ICPP 2008, this book will be useful for all plant pathologists as well as students in advanced courses interested to go in depth into the exciting world of disease management.

We wish to thank all the colleagues who accepted to be part of this book, Zuzana Bernhart and her group at Springer for the technical support and Laura Castellani for her skilful administrative assistance.

[EBOOK] Recent Developments in Management of Plant Diseases, Ulrich Gisi, Ilan Chet and M. Lodovica Gullino, Published by Springer

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