Biocontrol Agents and Secondary Metabolites: Applications and Immunization for Plant Growth and Protection

· Woodhead Publishing
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Biocontrol and Secondary Metabolites: Applications and Immunization for Plant Growth and Protection covers established and updated research on emerging trends in plant defense signaling in, and during, stress phases. Other topics cover growth at interface as a sustainable way of life and the context of human welfare and conservation of fungi as a group of organisms. Further, the book explores induced systemic resistance using biocontrol agents and/or secondary metabolites as a milestone for sustainable agricultural production, thus providing opportunities for the minimization or elimination of the use of fungicides. - Presents an overview on mechanisms by which plants protect themselves against herbivory and pathogenic microbes - Identifies the use of immunization as a popular and effective alternative to chemical pesticides - Explores how these fungi help crop plants in better uptake of soil nutrients, increase soil fertility, produce growth promoting substances, and secrete metabolites that act as bio-pesticides

About the author

Dr. Sudisha Jogaiah, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Environmental Science, Central University of Kerala. He is the Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAAS), Fellow of National Academy of Biological Sciences (FNABS), Bridge Fellow, Government of Japan. He is the recipient of Sir C.V. Raman Young Scientist State Award by Chief Minister of Karnataka. He was awarded visiting Professorship by Yamaguchi University, Japan and Nanjing Agricultural University, China. He joined as Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Central University of Kerala in 2022. The technological quality and expertise of Dr. Jogaiah’s lab is reflected in an extensive track record of publications with over 100 peer-reviewed papers with cumulative Thomson Reuters impact factor of 461.9, citations above 5053, one national and one International patent and 07 review articles with h-index - 41.

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