Advances in Plant Disease Management Volume II

Advances in Plant Disease Management: Volume II: Strategic and Applied Research is an invaluable compilation for researchers/students/stakeholders/policymakers in agriculture. This book aims to offer the latest understanding of how fundamental and basic research can be translated toward the engineering of biotic stress-resilient crops through applied and strategic management of plant diseases. Volume I clearly explained the updated knowledge on basic and applied phenomena of pathogen’s interplay with the host, the host immune system, crosstalks among downstream regulating molecules as unraveled through genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, and molecular studies. This volume of the book equips readers with the knowledge and understanding to confidently employ this basic information in the formulation of management strategies for major crop plant diseases.

This book offers comprehensive coverage of the research advances in plant disease management, including:

• Newer insight into pest risk analysis (PRA) and its significance in international trade.
• Developments in eco-friendly green technologies that are safe for both humans and the environment to manage diseases.
• Use of AI tools for diagnosis, development of models for advanced prediction of the outbreak of epidemics, and need-based application of agrochemicals and their appropriate formulations for use through drones.
• The information regulation and use of biostimulants for biotic and abiotic resilience.
• Plant protection policies that support the agricultural production system from a global perspective.

Pranjib K. Chakrabarty, PhD, served as Assistant Director General (Plant Protection and Biosafety) and Member (Plant Sciences), ASRB, New Delhi. He did pioneer research on host–pathogen interaction, functional genomics, and diagnostics. He is an adjunct faculty of the University of Florida, Gainesville, and had postdoctoral research experience at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and the University of Missouri‑Columbia, USA.

Kalyan K. Mondal, PhD, is Joint Director (Research) at ICAR‑NIBSM, Raipur. He is a visiting fellow at Stanford University, California, USA, and he has significantly contributed to the understanding of the role of bacterial Type‑3‑Secretion‑System (T3SS) effectors in the modulation of plant defense.

Mahender S. Saharan, PhD, is the Head of the Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR‑IARI, New Delhi. He contributed significantly to the study of wheat pathology and actively participated in strategy implementation for managing wheat rusts and Karnal bunt. He worked in many international collaborative research projects, namely, ISCB, ACIAR, CIMMYT, and BBSRC.

Charudatta Digambarrao Mayee, PhD, is a legendary plant pathologist who served as Vice Chancellor‑MAU Parbhani; Director‑Central Institute of Cotton, Nagpur; and Agriculture Commissioner, Government of India, New Delhi, before superannuating as the Chairman, ASRB, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India.

Jagdish Kumar, PhD, is an Alexander Humboldt Fellow of Germany. He served as Joint Director of the School of Crop Health Biology Research and Director of ICAR‑NIBSM, Chhattisgarh. He has vast experience in developing plant disease forecasting models. He worked on the biochemical basis of host resistance in cereals.