Recent advances in crop protection

Dr P Parvatha Reddy obtained his PhD degree in Plant Pathology jointly from the University of Florida, USA, and the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. He served as the Director of the prestigious Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) at Bangalore from 1999 to 2002 during which period the Institute was honoured with “ICAR Best Institution Award”. He also served as the Head, Division of Entomology and Nematology at IIHR and gave tremendous impetus and direction to research, extension and education in developing bio-intensive integrated pest management strategies in horticultural crops. Dr. Reddy has about 34 years of experience working with horticultural crops and is involved in developing an F1 tomato hybrid “Arka Varadan” resistant to root-knot nematodes. He has over 237 scientific publications to his credit, which also include 22 books. Dr Reddy has been honoured with the following prestigious Awards: “Association for Advancement Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems Award”, “Dr. G.I. D’souza Memorial Lecture Award”, “Prof. H.M. Shah Memorial Award” and “ Hexamar Agricultural Research and Development Foundation Award” for his unstinted efforts in developing sustainable, bio-intensive and eco-friendly integrated pest management strategies in horticultural crops.

Preface.- chapter  1. introduction.-chapter2. avermectins.-chapter3. bacteriophages.-chapter 4. biofumigation.-chapter 5. biotechnological approaches.-chapter6. bio-priming of seeds.- chapter 7. disguising the leaf surface.-chapter 8. non-pathogenic strains.- chapter 9. plant defense activators.-chapter 10. plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (pgpr).-chapter 11. soil solarization.-chapter 12. strobilurin fungicides.-chapter  13. variety mixtures/cultivar mixtures/multilines.-chapter 14. biointensive integrated pest management.- chapter 15. pathogenesis-related proteins (prs).-chapter16. other recent advances.-subject index.