Seed-Borne Diseases of Agricultural Crops: Detection, Diagnosis & Management

by Ravindra Kumar

Book Overview

The global population is increasing rapidly, and feeding the ever-increasing population poses a serious challenge for agriculturalists around the world. Seed is a basic and critical input in agriculture to ensure global food security. Roughly 90 percent of the crops grown all over the world are propagated by seed. However, seed can also harbour and spread pathogens, e.g. fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses etc., which cause devastating diseases. Seed-borne...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9813290455
• ISBN13: 9789813290457
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 871 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"