Biological Disease Management Systems for Agricultural Crops

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Abstract

Biological disease management systems for agricultural crops are developed by integrating the strategies based on different modes of action and their compatibility with production strategies. Crop sanitation and proper disposal of infected volunteer plants and weeds in and around the field will be helpful in reducing the inoculum carry-over to the newly planted crops. Cultural practices such as application of optimum levels of N, P and K, maintenance of optimum soil moisture, adoption of crop rotation and intercropping with nonhosts of target pathogen, have a significant role in reducing the disease incidence and severity. These strategies may reduce the negative effects of the pathogens by either reducing the quantum of pathogen propagules or weaken their pathogenic potential. While integrating different strategies, those with synergistic effects on each other have to be selected and ones that have inhibitory effects have to be discarded, although they may be individually effective. Efforts to develop integrated systems of disease management have been scarce and the systems of management of diseases of agricultural crops providing effective protection are highlighted. Integration of management strategies for diseases of cereals, cotton, pulses and oilseeds and the achievement of high levels of disease control are presented in this chapter.

Keywords

Fusarium Head Blight Seed Treatment Wilt Disease Sheath Blight Blight Disease 
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  1. 1.CoimbatoreIndia

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