Main description:

Macrophomina phaseolina: Ecobiology, Pathology and Management provides important insights into the sustainable prevention and treatment of this wide-spread challenge to plant health. With focus on the agricultural as well as non-food plant challenges of M. phaseolina, the book highlights diverse approaches and provides central insights.

Macrophomina phaseolina?(Tassi) Goid a soil-borne fungus present all over the world causes charcoal rot, stem and root rot, and seedling blight in more than 500 plant species belonging to about 100 families.

The pathogen?M. phaseolina?affects the fibrovascular system of the roots and basal internodes of its host, impeding the transport of water and nutrients to the upper parts of the plant resulting progressive wilting, premature drying and dying, loss of vigour, and reduced yield.

Macrophomina phaseolina: Ecobiology, Pathology and Management explores the interaction of M. phaseolina with soil, microbes and ecological conditions to control disease-causing strategies. Recognizing the necessity that strategies applied to manage the disease should have no or minimum effect on ecological resources, the book focuses on alternative sustainable management technologies such mix-cropping, use of antagonistic bacteria and fungi and microbial biosurfactants, plant growth promoting antagonistic rhizobacteria and demonstrates how cultural practices may also play an important role.

Researchers, academics, and industry experts will find this reference valuable.

Contents:

Section A: The Pathogen and Disease 1. Taxonomy of Macrophomina- traditional to molecular approaches 2. Macrophomina: Bio-ecology, diversity and pathogenicity 3. Macrophomina phaseolina causing various diseases in different crops 4. Charcoal rot: A major root and stalk disease of sorghum. 5. Recent advancement of soybean charcoal rot caused by Macrophomina phaseolina 6. Management of nematode-charcoal rot disease complex in legumes 7. Epidemiology and management of charcoal stalk rot of maize caused by Macrophomina phaseolina

Section B: Resistance and Pathogenicity 8. Examination of different fungicides against Macrophomina phaseolina in vitro 9. Candidate genes involved in the pathogenicity of Macrphomina phaseolina 10. Mechanism of disease development in host plants by Macrophomina phaseolina 11. Molecular tools for detection and management of Macrophomina phaseolina

Section C: Ecology and Epidemiology 12. Ecological Niche Modelling of Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid using Bio-climatic and Non-Bioclimatic Variables: A Machine Learning Assessment 13. Survival of Macrophomina phaseolina in plant tissues and soil 14. Development of tolerance in Macrophomina phaseolina against fungicides, insecticides, and drought 15. Management of Macrophomina phaseolina by cultural practices

Section D: Biological Control 16. Defence interplay of Bacillus subtilis in alleviating the biotic stress against Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid 17. Trichoderma spp: A bioagent for sustainable management of Macrophomina phaseolina 18. Biocontrol of Macrophomina phaseolina by mycoviruses 19. Biological control of Macrophomina phaseolina causing dry root rot/charcoal rot in pulses 20. Biocontrol of charcoal rot using filamentous fungi, VAM and bacteria

Section E: Non-chemical Control 21. Management of charcoal rot by soil solarisation and biosolarisation 22. Biosurfactant producing plant growth-promoting bacteria: Eco-friendly approaches for charcoal rot management 23. Potential of botanicals in management of Macrophomina phaseolina 24. Management of the Macrophomina phaseolina using nanoparticles

Section F: Bio-management 25. Macrophomina phaseolina: Bio-Management Strategies 26. Economic aspects for eco-friendly strategies to minimize disease incidences and yield loss due to Macrophomina phaseolina