Clubroot Disease of Crucifers

Dr. Govind Singh Saharan, Ex. Professor and Head, Department of Plant Pathology, CCS HAU, Hisar.  Dr. Saharan has conducted research in diverse fields of Plant Pathology and had 250 articles in National and International Journals. He has been editor/author of several books, monographs, and Crop Production Compendium (CABI). He is on the panel of Experts of SAU, ICAR, IARI, CSIR, UGC, and Department of Biotechnology.  Dr. Saharan has been a visiting Professor at University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Canada, and Rothamsted Research, IACR, Harpenden, UK. He has been President (NZ) of the Indian Phytopathological Society, Editor-in-Chief,  Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Journal of Oilseed Brassica, and President of the Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology. He has been awarded with Y. L. Nene, Outstanding Plant Pathology Teacher by ISMPP, Udaipur, and Life Time Achievement Award by the Society for Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Bharatpur, India.. Dr. Naresh Kumar Mehta, Former Associate Dean, Professor and Consultant Faculty, Department of Plant Pathology, CCS HAU, Hisar. He has been teaching Plant Pathology courses to UG and PG students and conducted research in diverse fields of Plant Pathology especially on rapeseed-mustard.  He has guided several M. Sc. and Ph. D students. He has published about 200 research articles and editor/author of several books, book chapters, review articles and teaching manuals. Dr. Mehta has been President of INSOPP, Ludhiana and Editor-in-Chief ISMPP and served as member of Editorial board of various phytopathological societies in India. Dr. Mehta has been awarded Y. L. Nene, Outstanding Plant Pathology Teacher by ISMPP, Udaipur and Ms. Manju Utereja Memorial Gold Medal, HAU. He is on the panel of Experts of SAU, ICAR, UGC, and member of various National and International committees. Dr. Mehta has been a visiting scientist to University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.   Dr. Prabhu Dayal Meena, Principal Scientist (Plant Pathology) at ICAR-Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India. He has conducted research on different aspects of rapeseed-mustard diseases including host resistance, management, epidemiology and biology of crucifer’s pathogen. He has published several research papers, reviews, and book chapters in reputed journals, and number of books including five by Springer.Dr. Meena has been honored with Fellow of Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Plant Protection Association of India, Indian Society of Oilseed Research, Society for Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Indian Phytopathological Society, and awarded Dr. P.R. Kumar Outstanding Brassica Scientist Award, Society for Rapeseed-Mustard Research. He is founder Secretary and managing editor of Society for Rapeseed-Mustard Research. He visited UK during 2007 under Indo-UK Collaborative Research on Oilseed Brassica crops. He has been guided several M. Sc. and Ph.D students.

Chapter 1.Clubroot perspective.- Chapter 2. The disease- clubroot.- Chapter 3. The pathogen: Plasmodiophora brassicae.- Chapter 4. Electron microscopy and ultra-structures.- Chapter 5. Pathogenic variability.- Chapter 6. Perpetuation and survival of the pathogen.- Chapter 7. Infection and pathogenesis.- Chapter 8. Disease cycle.- Chapter 9. Epidemiology and disease forecasting. Chapter 10. Biochemistry of host-pathogen interaction.- Chapter 11. Host resistance.- Chapter 12. Genomics of clubroot pathogen and pathogenesis.- Chapter 13. Disease management.- Chapter 14. Techniques.- Chapter 15. Clubroot of crucifers-an introspection epilogue.- Chapter 16. Future priority areas of clubroot research for better management.