Woodhead Publishing Food Security and Plant Disease Management

Food Security and Plant Disease Management offers a comprehensive exploration of biocontrol, the latest technologies being used in plant health assurance, and resulting impacts on crop production and food security. Discussing both theoretical and practical topics, the book examines basic and advanced applications of biosensor and nano-technologies, introduces plant disease, including modes of action and their transmission in host plants, then covers factors contributing to plant disease and various means of addressing those diseases. This volume is part of the  Microorganisms in Agriculture and the Environment series and provides important information for developing new effective plant protection practices.  The direct or indirect applications of beneficial microbes in the treatment of plant disease is termed “microbial control and these methods have increasingly been identified as important options for plant health management. The beneficial microbes as well as recent omic and nano-technologies also reveal important mechanisms that can be utilized in disease management strategies. Review Provides practical insight to the latest microbial control practices, including nanotechnologies and biosensors, to improve crop yield and food security From the Back Cover Microbial Biocontrol: Food Security and Plant Disease Management is a comprehensive exploration of biocontrol, the latest technologies being used in plant health assurance, and the resulting impact on crop production and food security. Discussing both theoretical and practical topics, the book looks at basic and advanced applications of biosensor and nano-technologies. The direct or indirect applications of beneficial microbes in the treatment of plant disease is termed microbial control and these methods have increasingly been identified as important options for plant health management. The beneficial microbes as well as recent omic and nano-technologies also reveal important mechanisms that can be utilized in disease management strategies. Beginning with a general introduction of plant disease, modes of action and their transmission in the host plants, the volume moves systematically through the factors that contribute to plant disease and then moves into the various means of addressing those diseases. Microbial Biocontrol: Food Security and Plant Disease Management is part of the Microorganisms in Agriculture and the Environment series and provides important information for the research and development of new effective plant protection practices. About the Author Dr. Ajay Kumar is a visiting scientist at the Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani center, Rishon Leziyon, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development Israel. Dr. Kumar completed his doctoral research from Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has published more than sixty research articles and book chapters in the leading International and National journals or books. He has wide area of research experience, especially in the field of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Microbial biocontrol, and Endophytes related with the medicinal plants. He is an invited member of the editorial committee of the “International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences and “Journal of Plant Science and Agriculture Research. He is also an active reviewer for journals including PLOS ONE, Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment, Biological Control, Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 3Biotech etc. Prof. Samir Droby is a senior research scientist at the ARO, the Volcani Center and Professor of Plant Pathology and postharvest Sciences at the Division of Biochemistry and Food Science at the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Since 2013, he has been serving as the chair of the Postharvest Pathology Subject Matter Committee of the Internati