Pests and Pathogens: Management Strategies

There was a time when pest management strategy was simply a matter of following the directions that came with the pesticide, but those times are gone. Here agricultural scientists describe some of the problems and some of the approaches to dealing with them in an environmentally sustainable manner, with a particular focus on India. Their topics include biotechnological approaches for managing grain mold disease of sorghum, insect pests of caster (Ricinus communis L.) and their management strategies, microbial chitinases as potential biopesticides, molecular marker-assisted breeding for improving disease resistance in crop plants, and concepts and components of integrated pest management. Distributed in the US by CRC Press. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dr. Dashavantha Reddy Vudem is working as Professor at the Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, Osmania University. His research interests include molecular biology of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants. Recognized as an excellent scientist and teacher, he is a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India and received the Visiting ScientistAward of the Rockefeller Foundation, NewYork, USA.

Dr. Nagaraja Rao Poduri is Professor, Department of Zoology, Osmania University. For many years he has done pioneering research with emphasis on insect ecology, physiology, molecular biology; applied entomology and bioinformatics. He is the recipient of several fellowships for his achievements.

Dr. Venkateswara Rao Khareedu is a Professor at the Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, Osmania University, having many years of teaching and research experience in functional genomics, genetic engineering of crop plants for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, he has been elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. He received the Visiting Scientist and Biotechnology Career fellowships of the Rockefeller Foundation, NewYork, USA.