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Allelochemicals: Biological Control of Plant Pathogens and Diseases
Edited by Inderjit; Mukerji, K.G.
Springer
2006
Hardcover 214 pp ISBN 1402044453
£70.00
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Biological control of plant diseases and plant pathogens is of great significance in forestry and
agriculture. There is great incentive to discover biologically active natural products from higher
plants that are better than synthetic agrochemicals and are much safer, from a health and environmental
point-of-view. The development of natural products such as herbicides, fungicides, and their role in biological
control of plant diseases, indicates a reduction in environmental and health hazards. Allelopathic techniques offer
a real future in solving several problems, for instance biological control of plant pests.
This book is organized
around the indication that allelochemicals can be employed for biological control of plant pathogens and plant
diseases. Specifically, this volume focuses on (i) discovery and development of natural product based fungicides for
agriculture, (ii) direct use of allelochemicals as well as indirect effects through cover crops and organic
amendments for plant parasitic pest control and (iii) application of allelopathy in pest management.
Written for chemical ecologists, mycologists, weed scientists, pest managers, biologists, entomologists,
environmental scientists, agriculturists, horticulturists, plant pathologists, plant protection scientists,
biotechnologists.
Contents
Preface.
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- 1. Discovery and Evaluation of Natural Product-based Fungicides for Disease Control of Small Fruits;
D.E. Wedge, B. J. Smith.
- 2. Allelochemicals as Biopesticides for Management of Plant-parasitic Nematodes; N. Kokalis-Burelle,
R. Rodríguez-Kábana.
- 3. Allelopathic Organisms and Molecules: Promising Bioregulators for the Control of Plant Diseases,
Weeds, and Other Pests; A.-L. Anaya.
- 4. The Impact of Pathogens on Plant Interference and Allelopathy; S.W. Mattner.
- 5. Allelopathy for Weed Control in Aquatic and Wetland Systems; R. Kathiresan et al.
- 6. Bacterial Root Zone Communities, Beneficial Allelopathies and Plant Disease Control; A.V. Sturz.
- 7. The Role of Allelopathic Bacteria in Weed Management; R.J. Kremer.
- 8. The Allelopathic Potential of Ginsenosides; M.A. Bernards et al.
- 9. Antimicrobial and Nematicidal Substances from the Root of Chicory (Cichorium intybus); H.
Nishimura, A. Satoh.
- 10. Disease Resistance in Plants through Mycorrhizal Fungi Induced Allelochemicals; R. Zeng.
- 11. Allelochemicals from Ageratum conyzoides L. and Oryza sativa L. and their Effects on Related
Pathogens; C. Kong.
Index.
List of Contributors.
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