Diseases of Fruits and Vegetable Crops: Recent Management Approaches covers certain basic aspects of knowledge on diagnostic symptoms, modes of perpetuation and dissemination of pathogens, favorable conditions for disease development, and the latest management strategies for disease prevention and mitigation in vegetable crops, fruit crops, and plantation crops. With chapters written by experts working on specific fruit and vegetables disease, the volume covers many vegetable and fruit crops, including pineapples, grapes, apples, guava, litchi, potatoes, peas, beans, ginger and turmeric, and many more. Each chapter reviews the specific diseases relevant to the crop and their management and includes recent research findings. The information presented here will be valuable for plant protection officers, district horticulture officers, and other government personnel in the directorates and agencies of agriculture, horticulture and plant protection, as well as plant protection experts, vegetable specialists, and others.

Among the Horticultural Crops, Fruits and Vegetables (FV) are of primary - portance as the key source of essential components in an adequate and balanced human diet. FV have supported largely the daily food requirement of mankind since ages and even before man learned to grow cereal crops systematically. Over the years, growing FV has been the mainstay of rural economy and has emerged as an indispensable part of agriculture world over, offering farmers a wide range of crops in varied topography and climate. In certain parts of the world, FV are the major dietary staple. Apart from being a rich source of vitamins and minerals, this sector also contributes significantly in economy of the region or the nation. The increased income from per unit area of FV is far ahead and can not be compared with that of cereal crops. A recent survey by the Economist revealed that the world population has - creased by 90 % in the past 40 years while food production has increased only by 25 % per head. With an additional 1. 5 billion mouth to feed by 2020, farmers worldwide have to produce 39 % more. Looking at the load of the future food requirement, the global increased production of FV during last few years has absorbed the additional food requirement and accordingly the eating habits are also changing and shifting - wards more consumption of these commodities worldwide.

Knowledge Of Vegetable Crops Diseases Is Several Thousand Years Old And It Is Not Known Exactly When Man Come To Know Realise Their Prevalence. The Damage Caused By Diseases Of Vegetable Crops Have Affected Man All Through The Ages. Besides The Recurrence Of Rusts And Mildews Of Vegetable Crops Of Disease Which Caused Large Scale Of Death And Famine. The Book Has Been Divided Into 18 Chapters. The Various Chapters Have Been Written By Persons In The Long Experience In The Area Of Specialisation. The Chapter 1 Deals With Field Diseases Of Banana And Lima Beans. Chapter 2 Related To Roots Rots, Wilt And Blights Of Peas. Chapters 3-5 Deal With Blights And Other Ills Of Celery, The Important Diseases Of Lettuce, Cauliflower, Cabbage And Others. Chapter 6 Described The Hazards To Onions In Many Areas. The Chapter 9-11 Describes The Preventing The Diseases Of Peanuts, Ways To Combat Disorders In The South. The Chapter 12 To 17 Dealing With Diseases Of Peppers, Beets, Carrots, Spinach, Mushroom, Cucumbers, Melons And Squash. The Chapter 18 Is Unique And Is Related To Developing Healthier Vegetables. This Book Shall Be Of Great Help To The Researchers, Teachers And Students In The Field Of Plant Pathology. Contents Chapter 1: Field Diseases Of Beans And Lima Beans By W J Zaumeyer & H Rex Thomas; Chapter 2: Root Rots, Wilts And Blights Of Peas By W T Schroeder; Chapter 3: Blights And Other Ills Of Celery By A G Newhall; Chapter 4: The Important Diseases Of Lettuce By Guy Weston Bohn; Chapter 5: Cauliflower, Cabbage And Others By J C Walker; Chapter 6: Hazards To Onions In Many Areas By J C Walker; Chapter 7: Control Of Diseases Of Potatoes By Eugene S Schultz; Chapter 8: The Fungi That Cause Cause Rot In Sweetpotatoes By Harold T Cook; Chapter 9: Preventing The Diseases Of Peanuts By Coyt Wilson; Chapter 10: Ways To Combat Disorders Of Tomatoes By S P Doolittle; Chapter 11: Transplants Grown In The South By Huey I Border; Chapter 12: Diseases Of Peppers By S P Dolittle; Chapter 13: Diseases Of Beets By Glenn S Pound; Chapter 14: Diseases Of Carrots By Glenn S Pound; Chapter 15: Diseases Of Spinach By Glenn S Pound; Chapter 16: Diseases Of The Common Mushroom By Edmund B Lamber & Theodore T Ayers; Chapter 17: Cucumbers, Melons, Squash By John T Middleton & Guy Weston Bohn; Chapter 18: Developing Healthier Vegetables By H Rex Thomas & W J Zaumeyer.

Vegetable Diseases focuses primarily on diseases that are caused by pathogens. Chapters dealing with the general principles of the causes, diagnosis and control of vegetable crop diseases are followed by crop-based chapters. Each disease entry includes a brief introduction to the disease, detailed description of disease symptoms, information on the pathogen and disease development, and suggestions on how to manage the problem. Top quality color photos illustrate the book throughout. This book will be useful to a range of professionals including research and extension plant pathologists; diagnosticians and plant lab personnel; teachers of agriculture and related subjects; university students in agriculture and related fields; commercial farmers, vegetable producers, and farm managers; agriculturalists in the fields of seed production, vegetable breeding, agrichemicals, pest control, marketing, and other subjects; government and regulatory persons dealing with agriculture; serious gardeners and hobbyists. Crop based organisation for easy diagnosis High quality color photos 444 color illustrations, 5 tables

Our dependence on healthy vegetable crops as a reliable source of food transcends all barriers of nation and culture. Consumers now demand excellent quality from the industry that produces large volumes of high quality vegetables to be sold locally, regionally and shipped internationally. The diseases that affect vegetables compromise such quality

Among the Horticultural Crops, Fruits and Vegetables (FV) are of primary - portance as the key source of essential components in an adequate and balanced human diet. FV have supported largely the daily food requirement of mankind since ages and even before man learned to grow cereal crops systematically. Over the years, growing FV has been the mainstay of rural economy and has emerged as an indispensable part of agriculture world over, offering farmers a wide range of crops in varied topography and climate. In certain parts of the world, FV are the major dietary staple. Apart from being a rich source of vitamins and minerals, this sector also contributes significantly in economy of the region or the nation. The increased income from per unit area of FV is far ahead and can not be compared with that of cereal crops. A recent survey by the Economist revealed that the world population has - creased by 90 % in the past 40 years while food production has increased only by 25 % per head. With an additional 1. 5 billion mouth to feed by 2020, farmers worldwide have to produce 39 % more. Looking at the load of the future food requirement, the global increased production of FV during last few years has absorbed the additional food requirement and accordingly the eating habits are also changing and shifting - wards more consumption of these commodities worldwide.