Vegetable production has become an intensified from of crop raising that has evolved as a prime enterprise in modern horticulture. With the advent of hybrids and other high yielding better quality varieties, a changed scenario in pathogen population and their effect on crops has resulted in disease epidemics and variability in plant pathogens. All these diseases need to be properly diagnosed and managed to provide a good supply of vegetables free of chemical residues. To get a good diagnosis symtomatology is an important aspect for plant pathology. Timely and right kind of management helps in crop protection resulting in increased yields. Information on biomanagement of diseases is the main attraction of this book by compiling information on bioagents, and their application with reference to vegetables. This book will be an asset to the vegetable clientale.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pratibha Sharma
Dr. Pratibha Sharma a distinguished Plant Pathologist, born on 23 May, 1954, graduated from Maharani’s College and completed her M.Sc in Botany (Plant Pathology) from university of Rajasthan, Jaipur an Ph.D. from Kanpur university. Soon after M.Sc. joined ICAR services through Agriculture research Service examination in 1976. Holding 30 years of research experience in various institutes of ICAR, viz., Directorate of Pulses research, Kanpur, Division of Floriculture, IARI, Directorate, IARI, Division of Plant Pathology, IARI, New Delhi in the areas of management of pathogens in pulses, flowers and vegetable crops. She is working currently as Principal scientist in the division of Plant pathology, IARI, New Delhi. Also actively engaged in teaching since 1990, guided a number of M.Sc. and Ph.D. student in the different aspects of plant diseases. The experience of working on different research projects of institutes, NATP, ICAR and DBT, has given an expertise on diagnosis, resistance, biological control of plant pathogens, integrated disease management, IPM, variability of important pathogens at molecular levels. The passion of work and keen interest in ecofriendly methods of crop protection has led her to develop an improved Trichoderma harzianum and T. viride isolates and bioformulation for management of major soil borne plant pathogens in vegetable crops and popularized that at farmers’ level. She is an active member of about ten scientific societies spread all over India, awarded by them for her work on Biological Control and IPM. She has 200 publications to her credit in the form of research, review papers, articles, manuals and books. She is also been the member of important organizations, examiner of different universities, chaired scientific sessions and delivered important lectures.
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