Biological Management of Diseases of Crops

<p>Preface</p><p><br>Acknowldegement</p><p><br>1. Introduction<br>1.1 Concepts and aims of biological management of crop diseases<br>1.2 Landmarks in the development of biological disease management systems<br>1.3 Nature and characteristics of biological control agents<br><br></p><p>2. Detection and identification of fungal biological control agents<br>2.1Methods of detection and identification<br>2.2 Assessment of biocontrol potential of fungi<br>2.3 Identification and differentiation of mycorrhizal biological control agents<br><br>3. Mechanisms of action of fungal biological control agents<br>3.1 Types of antagonism<br><br>4. Detection and identification of bacterial biological control agents<br>4.1 Methods of detection and identification<br>4.2 Assessment of biocontrol potential of bacteria<br><br>5. Mechanisms of action of bacterial biological control agents<br>5.1 Types of antagonism<br><br>6. Detection and identification of viral biological control agents<br>6.1 Viruses pathogenic to fungal plant pathogens<br>6.2 Viruses pathogenic to bacterial plant pathogens<br>6.3 Mild strains of plant viruses as biocontrol agents<br>6.4 Subviral agents as biological disease management<br><br>7. Genetic engineering for improving the performance of biotic biological control agents<br>7.1 Fungal biocontrol agents<br>7.2 Bacterial biological control agents<br>7.3 Genetically modified strains of plant viruses<br>7.4 Protection by antibody expression<br><br>8. Abiotic biological control agents for crop disease management<br>8.1 Natural products of plant and animal origin<br>8.2 Synthetic organic compounds as biological control agents<br>8.3 Inorganic compounds as biological control agents</p>