Recent advances in crop protection

In the recent years, the need to increase food production to meet the demands of rapidly increasing population from a limited land resource necessitated the use of intensive farming systems, with the inputs like narrow genetic base, high dose of fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation, monocropping, etc...

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Main Author: Reddy, P.Parvatha. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0723-8
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • chapter �1. introduction.-chapter2. avermectins.-chapter3. bacteriophages.-chapter 4. biofumigation.-chapter 5. biotechnological approaches.-chapter6. bio-priming of seeds
  • chapter 7. disguising the leaf surface.-chapter 8. non-pathogenic strains
  • chapter 9. plant defense activators.-chapter 10. plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr).-chapter 11. soil solarization.-chapter 12. strobilurin fungicides.-chapter �13. variety mixtures/cultivar mixtures/multilines.-chapter 14. biointensive integrated pest management
  • chapter 15. pathogenesis-related proteins (prs).-chapter16. other recent advances.-subject index.