PLANT PATHOLOGY: AN ADVANCED TREATISE

By LINDA CLARK

CONTENTS PART I CONCEPTS IN CHEMICAL CONTROL 1 THE CHALLENGES OF CHEMICAL CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASES 2 NOVEL TOOLS TO IDENTIFY THE MODE OF ACTION OF FUNGICIDES AS EXEMPLIFIED WITH FLUOPICOLIDE 3 QOI FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE: CURRENT STATUS AND THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH DNA-BASED MONITORING 4 REGULATORY ASPECTS IN CHEMICAL CONTROL OF FUNGAL DISEASES: IMPACT ON EFFICIENT PLANT PRODUCTION PART II CONCEPTS IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF PLANT PATHOGENS 5 THE ROLES OF CYCLIC LIPOPEPTIDES IN THE BIOCONTROL ACTIVITY OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS 6 BIOCONTROL OF PLANT PATHOGENS AND PLANT GROWTH PROMOTION BY BACILLUS 7 IMPORTANCE OF MULTITROPHIC INTERACTIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL BIOCONTROL OF PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES WITH PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS STRAIN 8 INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CLONOSTACHYS ROSEA F CATENULATA, FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM AND CUCUMBER ROOTS LEADING TO BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF FUSARIUM ROOT AND STEM ROT 9 SCREENING OF BIOCONTROL AGENTS FOR CONTROL OF FOLIAR DISEASES 10 QUORUM SENSING AS A TARGET FOR NOVEL BIOCONTROL STRATEGIES DIRECTED AT PECTOBACTERIUM 11 THE STATUS OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASES IN SOILLESS CULTIVATION 12 REBECA – EU-POLICY SUPPORT ACTION TO REVIEW REGULATION OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS 13 FUNGAL DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC APPLE ORCHARDS: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND MANAGEMENT APPROACHES PART III NATURAL COMPOUNDS 14 EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL COMPOUNDS IN ECO-FRIENDLY MANAGEMENT OF PLANT PESTS 15 REGULATION AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF BIOPROTECTIVE METABOLITE GENES FROM THE GRASS SYMBIONT EPICHLOE FESTUCAE PART IV SOILBORNE PLANT DISEASES AND THEIR CONTROL 16 IPM FOR SOILBORNE DISEASE MANAGEMENT FOR VEGETABLE AND STRAWBERRY CROPS IN SE USA 17 INTEGRATED CONTROL OF SOILBORNE PATHOGENS OF WHEAT 18 CHALLENGES IN CONTROLLING VERTICILLIUM WILT BY THE USE OF NONCHEMICAL METHODS 19 SOIL SOLARIZATION – 30 YEARS ON: WHAT LESSONS HAVE BEEN LEARNED? 20 BACK TO THE FUTURE: TOTAL SYSTEM MANAGEMENT (ORGANIC, SUSTAINABLE) 21 GLOBAL PHASEOUT OF METHYL BROMIDE UNDER THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOPROTECTION, BIOSECURITY AND THE OZONE LAYER 22 ACCELERATED DEGRADATION OF SOIL FUMIGANTS: OCCURRENCE AND AGRICULTURAL CONSEQUENCES 23 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DISEASE MANAGEMENT PART V PLANT BREEDING AND RESISTANCE STRATEGIES 24 WORLDWIDE MONITORING SYSTEMS: THE NEED FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLABORATION 25 IDENTIFICATION OF NEW SOURCES OF RESISTANCE TO SOYBEAN RUST