The Vegetable Pathosystem

Preface



1. Phytophtora Blight in Potato: A Challenge Ahead in the Climate Change Scenario
Mehi Lal, Saurabh Yadav, V. K. Dua, and Santosh Kumar



2. Pathosystem in Cowpea: An Overview
Santosh Kumar, Md. Erayya, Nadeem Akhtar, Mahesh Kumar, and Mehi Lal



3. A Population Genetics Perspective of Ecology and Management of Phytophthora spp. Affecting Potato, Tomato, and Pointed Gourd in India
Sanjoy Guha Roy



4. Phytoplasma in Vegetable Pathosystem: Ecology, Infection Biology, and Management
Nagendran Krishnan, Shweta Kumari, Koshlendra Kumar Pandey, Awadhesh Bahadur Rai, Bijendra Singh, and Karthikeyan Gandhi



5. Ralstonia solanacearum: Pathogen Biology, Host-Pathogen Interaction, and Management of Tomato Wilt Disease
Bhupendra S. Kharayat and Yogendra Singh



6. Nematodes: Pest of Important Solanaceous Vegetable Crops and Their Management
Ajay Kumar Maru, Tulika Singh, and Poonam Tapre



7. Effect of Fungal Pathogen on Physiological Function of Vegetables
Nishant Prakash, Erraya, Srinivas Raghvan, and Supriya Gupta



8. Foliar Fungal Pathogens of Cucurbits
Ashok Kumar Meena, Shankar Lal Godara, Prabhu Narayan Meena, and Anand Kumar Meena



9. Yellow Vein Mosaic of Okra: A Challenge in the Indian Subcontinent
Amit Kumar, R. B. Verma, Chandan Roy, and Randhir Kumar



10. Disease Dynamics and Management of Vegetable Pathosystems
Abhijeet Ghatak



11. Mechanism of Microbial Infection in Vegetables Diseases
Vinod Upadhyay and Elangbam Premabati Devi



12. Virus Diseases: An Inimitable Pathosystem of Vegetable Crop
Mohammad Ansar, Aniruddha Kumar Agnihotri, and Srinivasaraghvan A.



13. Begomovirus Diversity and Its Management in Leguminous Vegetables and Other Hosts
Muhammad Naeem Sattar and Zafar Iqbal



14. Biology and Molecular Epidemiology of Begomovirus Infection on Cucurbits
Bhavin S. Bhatt, Fenisha D. Chahwala, Sangeeta Rathore, Bijendra Singh, and Achuit K. Singh



15. Diversity of Potyviruses and Their Extent in Vegetable Pathosystem
Bhavin S. Bhatt, Sangeeta Rathore, Brijesh K. Yadav, Fenisha D. Chahwala, Bijendra Singh, and Achuit K. SinghM



16. Soil-Borne Microbes: A Culprit of Nursery's Juvenile Plants
Puja Pandey and Bindesh Prajapati



17. Biological Control of Postharvest Diseases in Vegetables
Pardeep Kumar and R. K. Singh



18. Postharvest Handling, Diseases and Disorders in Bulb Vegetables
Sangeeta Shree and Amrita Kumari



19. Management of Soil-Borne Diseases of Vegetable Crops Through Spent Mushroom Substrate
Durga Prasad and Srinivasaraghavan A.



Index