Biological Management of Diseases of Crops Volume 1: Characteristics of Biological Control Agents /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Narayanasamy, P. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Progress in Biological Control ; 15
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant ecology.; Microbiology.; Plant pathology.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Pathology.; Plant Ecology.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Life Sciences, general.

With growing concern for environmental pollution and presence of chemical residues in grains, vegetables, fruits and other food materials, biological disease management tactics have emerged as potential alternative to chemical application for containing crop diseases. Biological control agents (BCAs...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Acknowledgement
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Detection and identification of fungal biological control agents
• 3. Mechanisms of action of fungal biological control agents
• 4. Detection and identification of bacterial biological control agents
• 5. Mechanisms of action of bacterial biological control agents
• 6. Detection and identification of viral biological control agents
• 7. Genetic engineering for improving the performance of biotic biological control agents
• 8. Abiotic biological control agents for crop disease management.