Wheat Diseases and Their Management - Mehta, Yeshwant Ramchandra; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
1Wheat Production -- 1.1Natural limitations for wheat cultivation -- 1.2The wheat plant -- 1.3Types of diseases -- 1.3.1Diseases caused by bacteria -- 1.3.2Diseases caused by fungi -- 1.3.3Diseases caused by mycoplasma -- 1.3.4Diseases caused by nematodes -- 1.3.5Diseases caused by virus -- 1.3.6Nonparasitic disease -- 1.4Factors that affect the development of diseases -- 1.5Economic importance of diseases -- 2Pillars of Integrated Disease Management.- 2.1Genetic resistance -- 2.1.1Cultivars with specific resistance -- 2.1.2Gene-for-gene theory -- 2.1.3Phytoalexins and specific resistance -- 2.1.4Use of multilines -- 2.1.5Cultivar mixture.- 2.1.6Advantages and disadvantages of specific resistance -- 2.1.7Cultivars with partial resistance.- 2.1.8Controversies about genes that govern partial resistance.- 2.1.9Cultivars with generalized resistance -- 2.1.10Production of dihaploid wheat x maize hybrids -- 2.1.11General considerations -- 2.2Fungicides and their application in the field -- 2.2.1Selection of fungicides -- 2.2.2Fungicide spraying schedule -- 2.2.3Management of systemic fungicides -- 2.2.4Fungicide application technique -- 2.3Disease forecast modeling -- 2.4Seed transmitted pathogens -- 2.4.1Seed health testing -- 2.4.2Level of seed infection -- 2.4.3Epidemiological aspects of the disease -- 2.4.4Time of seed treatment -- 2.4.5General considerations -- 2.5Cultural practices -- 2.5.1Fertilizers -- 2.5.2Soil conservation and tillage -- 2.5.3Crop rotations and their role in disease management -- 2.5.4Crop residue -- 2.5.5Diversification of sowing dates and cultivars -- 2.5.6Alternative methods for disease control -- 2.5.7Precision agriculture and General considerations -- 3Spike Diseases -- 3.1Bunts -- 3.1.1Common bunt and dwarf bunt -- 3.1.2Karnal bunt -- 3.2Ergot -- 3.2Pyricularia blast -- 3.4Scab - The Fusarium head blight -- 3.5Smuts -- 3.5.1Flag smut -- 3.5.2Loose smut -- 4Bacterial Diseases -- 4.1Bacterial streak and chaff -- 4.2Pink seed -- 4.3Pseudomonas leaf blight -- 5Viral Diseases -- 5.1Barley stripe mosaic -- 5.2Barley yellow dwarf -- 5.3Rice hoja Blanca -- 5.4Soil-borne wheat mosaic -- 6Foliar and Stem Diseases -- 6.1Alternaria leaf blight -- 6.2Downy mildew -- 6.3Leaf rust -- 6.4Phoma leaf spot -- 6.5Pink snow mold -- 6.6Powdery mildew -- 6.7Septoria diseases -- 6.7.1Septoria avenaeblotch -- 6.7.2Septoria nodorum blotch -- 6.7.3Septoria tritici blotch -- 6.8Slenephoma leaf spot -- 6.9Spot blotch -- 6.10Stem rust -- 6.11Tan spot -- 6.12Yellow rust -- 6.13Zonate leaf spot -- 7Root and Stem Rots -- 7.1Antracnose -- 7.2Common root rot -- 7.3Fusarium root rot and crown rot -- 7.4Root lesion nematodes -- 7.5Rhizoctonia root rot -- 7.6Sclerotium root and crown rot -- 7.7Take-all -- 8Physiological Diseases.- 9Disease Appraisal Scales -- 10Index.
Keywords: Plant breeding; Plant pathology; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Pathology