Woodhead Publishing Biocontrol Agents and Secondary Metabolites: Applications and Immunization for Plant Growth and Protection

Biocontrol and Secondary Metabolites: Applications and Immunization for Plant Growth and Protection covers established and updated research on emerging trends in plant defense signaling in, and during, stress phases. Other topics cover growth at interface as a sustainable way of life and the context of human welfare and conservation of fungi as a group of organisms. Further, the book explores induced systemic resistance using biocontrol agents and/or secondary metabolites as a milestone for sustainable agricultural production, thus providing opportunities for the minimization or elimination of the use of fungicides. Review A comprehensive resource on how to eliminate the use of chemical pesticides by promoting secondary metabolite-based disease resistance From the Back Cover Biocontrol and Secondary Metabolites: Application and Immunization for Plant Protection covers established and updated research on emerging trends in plant defense signaling in and during stress phases, and growth at the interface of sustainable way of life, in the context of human welfare and conservation of fungi as a group of organisms. Plants and fungi represent a vast pool of secondary metabolites and are more than ever a strategic source for new and successful commercial products. Recent advances made in genomics, proteomics and combinatorial chemistry show that nature maintains metabolites that have already the essence of bioactivity or function within the host and in the environment. As Plants have evolved multiple defense mechanisms against microbial pathogens and various types of environmental stress. Biocontrol and Secondary Metabolites explores induced systemic resistance using biocontrol agents and or secondary metabolites will be an important milestone for sustainable agricultural production, providing opportunity for the minimization or elimination of the the use of fungicides. About the Author Dr. Sudisha Jogaiah (M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., Post-doc (JSPS, Japan) FNABS) is Assistant Professor and Programme Coordinator at the Laboratory of Plant Healthcare and Diagnostics, PG Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India. The technological quality and expertise of Dr. Jogaiah’s lab is reflected in an extensive track record of publications with over 87 peer-reviewed papers, one national patent and 6 review articles with h-index of 24. He also contributed 18 chapters in various book editions published by Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, and Elsevier. He has expertise in plant defense enzymes and signalling pathways for induction of systemic resistance. He has also edited three books on bioactive molecules involved in plant-microbe interactions and defense. He is the recipient of Fellow of National Academy of Biological Sciences (FNABS) and has received a range of international awards. Dr. Jogaiah has served as editor of Scientific Reports, Plos One, BMC Plant Biology, Frontiers in Plant Science, Annals of Crop Sciences and Agriculture, Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology, and BioMed Research International.