Horticultural crops are attacked by a large group of pathogens inflicting moderate to heavy crop losses. Due to the increased demand of fruits and vegetables and other horticultural products, more efforts are being put in horticulture sector for further boosting production to meet increased demand. Although availability of planting material and designer agro-techniques has increased in horticulture sector but biotic factors continue to be the bane of horticulture production. Crop health management during active growth phase and post harvest health management assumes significance to reduce the loss and increase the productivity. Production of quality planting materials is fast becoming an important input in disease management programmes especially in production of disease/virus free plants. Many accredited laboratories are being established to test the genetic fidelity and virus indexing of micro-propagated plants. In the present book the available information on the disease diagnostic methods developed for fruits, vegetables, plantation crops, spices and ornamentals are presented in a detailed form. These are comprehensively covered with respect to individual crops by experienced scientists.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A.I. Bhat
Dr. Ishwara Bhatt, Ph.D. is an eminent plant pathologist working on spices. His specialization is virology and development of diagnostics. He has published a large number of papers in spices and contributed many chapters. He has been invited to deliver lecturer in various for a.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR H P Singh
Born on 2nd July, 1950, Dr. H.P. Singh has served horticulture in various capacities namely Project Coordinator (fruits); Director, NCR for Banana; Horticulture Commissioner, Govt. of India; Chairman, Coconut Development Board; Dean (Agriculture), GBPUA & T, Pantnagar; Vice Chancellor, Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa and now Deputy Director General (Horticullture), ICAR.He has also served international organizations like the Chairman of APCC, Jakarta, National Director for internationally-aided projects and Chairperson of Steering Committee of BAPNET of Bioversity International and implemented various international programmes. Besides, excellent academic record, Dr. Singh has contributed to research and agricultural education which ha earned him three international, twenty one national awards and five fellowships including the Fellow of NAAS. He has developed many cultivars and technologies which has shaped the horticulture. Recognising his immense contribution, OUAT, Bhubaneshwar, has conferred D.Sc. last year.Dr. Singh is the architect of Mission mode approach for horticultural development, starting from planning to execution which ahs been due to his insight. He has provided to horticulture and is credited to have authored and edited 39 books and 30 bulletins, besides 175 research papers. He has widely traveled in India and abroad. His efforts have provided a strong foundation for horticulture development, leading to Golden Revolution in the country.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR M. Anandaraj
Dr. M. Anandaraj, a known plant pathologist of international repute, is presently the Director of India Institute of the Spices Reserach (IISR), Kozhikode. He has published six books and over one hundred and twenty research and ninteen review article in many national and international journals including and international Encycolopedia of Life Support System of United National publications (UN-EOLSS). He is also the National of the Coordinator of the Projected on Phytophthor, Fusarium and Ralstonia diseases of Horticulture and Field Crops.
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