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Biopriming of Seeds for Plant Disease Tolerance and Phytopathogen Management

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Seed germination is a critical stage of a life cycle of a plant which is influenced by many environmental factors. In agriculture, to ensure high productivity of a crop, seed germination and early crop growth management have to be kept at optimum levels. Seed priming is a simple but an effective and a low-cost technology to prepare the germinating seeds for incoming challenges. This chapter describes how beneficial microorganisms and microbial biocontrol agents can be effectively used in seed priming for disease management of crops.

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Ranathunge, N.P. (2022). Biopriming of Seeds for Plant Disease Tolerance and Phytopathogen Management. In: Kumar, A. (eds) Microbial Biocontrol: Sustainable Agriculture and Phytopathogen Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87512-1_15

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