"Plant Diseases: Current Threats and Management Trends" ed. by Snježana Topolovec-Pintaric

This book intends to present to the reader all the latest material and knowledge about plant pathogens, changes or refinements in plant disease epidemiology, and new approaches and materials used for plant pathogen control. This book will be of interest to those working within the field and looking for an up-to-date introduction. It also interests students and thereby, will influence the future development of phytopathology and our better coexistence with plant pathogens.

Plant pathogens, the causal agent of infectious plant diseases, influence our lives more than just as an economic impact through yield lost. The study of plant pathogens has given rise to the development of new sciences, new technologies for plant breeding, and the agrochemical industry for pesticide developments. Yet, all our actions and efforts to suppress or eradicate them constantly pressures these various organisms to evolve and adapt for survival. Therefore today, when facing climate changes, accelerated transport of plants and plant products, and world population growth, we have to ask quo vadis phytopathology. Like Alice in Wonderland “If we wish to go anywhere we must run twice as fast as that” so we need to constantly broaden our knowledge. However, today’s literature abounds with knowledge about plant pathogens.

Hence, this

Contents
1.Downy Mildew of Basil: A New Destructive Disease Worldwide
2.Nanophytovirology: An Emerging Field for Disease Management
3.Aspects in Tobamovirus Management in Intensive Agriculture
4.Plant Metabolites in Plant Defense Against Pathogens
5.Sisal Bole Rot: An Important but Neglected Disease
6.Impact of Climate Change on Plant Diseases and IPM Strategies
7.Asymptomatic Phytoplasma Reveal a Novel and Troublesome Infection
8.Emerging Bacterial Disease (Leaf Scald) of Sugarcane in China: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management
9.Choosing an Adequate Pesticide Delivery System for Managing Pathogens with Difficult Biologies: Case Studies on Diplodia corticola, Venturia inaequalis and Erwinia amylovora
10.Management of the Cacao Swollen Shoot Virus (CSSV) Menace in Ghana: The Past, Present and the Future
11.Emergence of Benzimidazole- and Strobilurin-Quinone Outside Inhibitor-Resistant Strains of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides sensu lato, the Causal Fungus of Japanese Pear Anthracnose, and Alternative Fungicides to Resistant Strains
12.Biological Control of Citrus Canker: New Approach for Disease Control