Wheat Diseases and Their Management /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mehta, Yeshwant Ramchandra. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.