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Plant disease management remains an important component of plant pathology and is more complex today than ever before including new innovation in diagnostic kits, the discovery of new modes of action of chemicals with low environmental impact, 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 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 21st Century. It focuses on new developments of disease management and provides an updated overview of the state of the art given by world experts in the different fields of disease management. 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.

Plants -- Disease and pest resistance -- Congresses. --- Plants -- Disease and pest resistance. --- Plants. --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Plant diseases --- Plant Sciences --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Control --- Plant diseases. --- Control. --- Botany --- Communicable diseases in plants --- Crop diseases --- Crops --- Diseases of plants --- Microbial diseases in plants --- Pathological botany --- Pathology, Vegetable --- Phytopathology --- Plant pathology --- Plants --- Vegetable pathology --- Pathology --- Diseases and pests --- Diseases --- Management --- Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Bioinformatics. --- Plant science. --- Botany. --- Plant pathology. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Pathology. --- Plant Sciences. --- Agricultural pests --- Crop losses --- Diseased plants --- Plant pathologists --- Plant quarantine --- Wounds and injuries --- Bio-informatics --- Biological informatics --- Biology --- Information science --- Computational biology --- Systems biology --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Data processing --- Floristic botany --- Micro-organisms, Phytopathogenic --- Microbial plant pathogens --- Plant pathogens --- Microorganisms --- Plant parasites --- Agricultural microbiology --- Microbial herbicides

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This book views the vulnerability of our crops in general to devastating diseases as well as specifically the disease problems of two important staples, rice and cassava. Increased travel and increased transport of plant material throughout the world pose ever more significant risks to the health of our plants. These include not only the destruction of our food crops by pathogens which may be imported accidentally or maliciously but also their contamination by fungi that produce powerful toxins (mycotoxins). How we should respond to these challenges is the subject of several papers. Clearly, quarantine is an important measure by which the spread of plant pathogens may be at least delayed, if not curtailed altogether, but breeding plants for resistance is the mainstay for maintaining the comparative health and productivity of our crops. However, adequate resistance may not be available in the gene pool of a given species or genus and therefore the possibility of genetic modification arises, a topic treated in two of the papers.

Food -- Safety measures -- Congresses. --- Food security -- Congresses. --- Plant diseases -- Congresses. --- Plant-pathogen relationships -- Congresses. --- Plant diseases --- Plant-pathogen relationships --- Food --- Food security --- Agriculture --- Plant Sciences --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Safety measures --- Crops --- Protection --- Prevention --- Botany --- Communicable diseases in plants --- Crop diseases --- Diseases of plants --- Microbial diseases in plants --- Pathological botany --- Pathology, Vegetable --- Phytopathology --- Plant pathology --- Plants --- Vegetable pathology --- Food deserts --- Food insecurity --- Insecurity, Food --- Security, Food --- Agricultural crops --- Crop plants --- Farm crops --- Industrial crops --- Pathology --- Diseases and pests --- Diseases --- Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Bioinformatics. --- Plant science. --- Botany. --- Plant pathology. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Pathology. --- Food Science. --- Plant Sciences. --- Biotechnology. --- Agricultural pests --- Crop losses --- Diseased plants --- Phytopathogenic microorganisms --- Plant pathologists --- Plant quarantine --- Human security --- Food supply --- Farm produce --- Plants, Cultivated --- Agronomy --- Crop science --- Plant products --- Wounds and injuries --- Plant diseases. --- Food science. --- Bio-informatics --- Biological informatics --- Biology --- Information science --- Computational biology --- Systems biology --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Science --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Land use, Rural --- Data processing --- Food—Biotechnology. --- Floristic botany