Plant Disease Management Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture through Traditional and Modern Approaches

Dr. Imran Ul Haq is a Plant Pathologist and specialized in Fungal Molecular taxonomy. Currently he is Associate Professor and in-charge of Fungal Molecular Biology Laboratory as well as Fungal Molecular Biology Laboratory Culture Collection (FMB-CC-UAF), in the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. He is running different research projects funded by national and international agencies. His research interests are fungal molecular taxonomy, integration of nanotechnology with other control strategies for sustainable plant disease management. He has authored three Laboratory manuals, more than 50 research publications in well reputed, peer reviewed, high impacted national and international journals and book chapters. He is also author of a book "Recombinant DNA Technology". Dr. Siddra Ijaz is a Molecular Biologist and is currently serving as Assistant Professor in the Center of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. She has several competitive research grants funded by national as well as international agencies, and established Molecular Biology Laboratory. Her research focus includes plant genome engineering using transgenic technologies, genome editing through CRISPR/Cas9 and nanobiotechnology. She has authored two books "Molecular Basis of Life" and "Recombinant DNA Technology" as well as book chapters. She has more than 40 publications in impact factored scientific Journals.

1. History and Recent Trends in Plant Disease control: An overview.- 2. Plant Genetics and Physiology in Disease Prognosis.- 3. Conventional Plant Breeding Program for Disease Resistance.- 4. Synthetic Chemicals: Major Component of Plant Disease Management.- 5. Biological Antagonism: a Safe and Sustainable Way to Manage Plant Diseases.- 6. Soil Microbes and Plant Health.- 7. Conventional and Modern Technologies for the Management of Post-Harvest Diseases.- 8. Application of Nanotechnology for Integrated Plant Disease Management .- 9. Transgenic Approaches in Plants: Strategic Control for Disease Management.- 10. Exploiting RNA Interference Mechanism in Plants for Disease Resistance.- 11. Genome editing Technologies for Resistance against Phytopathogens: Principles, Applications and Future Prospects.- 12. Plant Health Clinics (PHC) in Pakistan: Operations and Prospects.- 13. Precision Agriculture Technologies for the Management of Plant Diseases.- 14. Quarantine and Regulations.- 15. Development and Implementation of IDM Program for Annual and Perennial Crops.