Integrated Plant Disease Management

Contents Foreword. Preface. I. Fruit Crops 1. Studies on epidemiology and management of Marssonina blotch the cause of premature leaf fall in apple/J.N. Sharma P.K. Sharma and Anita Sharma. 2. Studies on morphology and physiology of Marssonina coronaria causing premature leaf fall in apple/P.K. Sharma and J.N. Sharma. 3. Effect of weather parameters on the epidemic of apple blotch in Himachal Pradesh/V.S. Thakur Nirupma Sharma and Sonali Vaidya. 4. Occurrence of alternaria leaf spot (Alternaria alternata) on apple and its management/J.N. Sharma Dharmesh Gupta L.N. Bhardwaj and Ravinder Kumar. 5. A rapid method for evaluation of apple germplasm for resistance to dematophora necatrix causing white root rot/Satish K. Sharma Y.P. Sharma D.K. Kishore and K.K. Pramanick. 6. Role of bacterial antagonists in the management of white root rot of apple/S.K. Sharma Mamta Sharma and Meenu Gupta. 7. Effect of decontamination processes on residues of carbendazim in apple fruits following dip treatment/I.D. Sharma and Amit Nath. 8. Susceptibility of pear cultivars to stem end rot in relation to fruit qualitative characters/R.L. Sharma Deepika Sood and Manju Choudhary. 9. Novel approach for screening different antagonists against Agrobacterium tumefaciens causing crown gall in stone fruits/A.K. Gupta Brijesh Kamal Sandeep Kumar and R.C. Sharma. 10. Widespread occurrence of biovar 1 of Agrocaterium tumefaciens affecting stone fruits in Himachal Pradesh/Sandeep Kumar Brijesh Kamal and A.K. Gupta. 11. Association of sooty mould development with citrus whitefly Dialeurodes citri Asmead infestation on different citrus rootstocks/Ravinder Kumar R.C. Batra and D.R. Sharma. 12. Studies on phytophthora spp. attacking strawberry in Himachal Pradesh/Meenu Gupta and L.N. Bhardwaj. II. Vegetable crops 13. Population dynamics of VAM fungi and its effect on wilt of pea caused by fusarium oxysporum f. sp. pisi/Shalini Verma and N.P. Dohroo. 14. Comparative efficacy of biocontrol agents against Fusarium wilt of pea/Shalini Verma and N.P. Dohroo. 15. Management of pea wilt/root rot complex by integrating plant extracts and biocontrol agents/Meena Devi and Y.S. Paul. 16. Integration of biopesticides with bioagents in the management of pea wilt/root rot complex/Y.S. Paul A.S. Kapoor and Meena Devi. 17. Management of root rot/wilt complex disease of pea/A.S. Kapoor Y.S. Paul K. Kottaisamy and Meenakshi. 18. Screening of pea germplasm for resistance against powdery mildew/Kumud Jarial and R.C. Sharma. 19. Reaction of pea germplasm to powdery mildew and leaf miner under dry temperate agroclimate in Himachal Pradesh/C.L. Bhardwaj K.C. Sharma and S.D. Sharma. 20. Role of soil hydrothermal regimes in development of bacterial wilt of tomato in Himachal Pradesh/Satish K. Sharma Rajesh Kumar N.P. Dohroo and Anju Sharma. 21. Genetics of resistance to bacterial wilt in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)/K.C. Sharma J.C. Gupta and V.K. Rathee. 22. Management of root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita in tomato nursery by amendment with some organic wastes/Kum Kum Walia. 23. Integrated management of Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and white) Chitwood in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)/Anju S. Khanna and Sunil Kumar. 24. Management of root knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) problem in tomato on farmers fields/G.C. Sharma and A.S. Kashyap. 25. Prevention of tomato leaf curl virus spread by soil mulching/Dharmesh Gupta P.D. Thakur P.K. Sharma Anil Handa and Usha Sharma. 26. Partial characterization of a potyvirus causing mosaic disease in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in Himachal Pradesh/Dharmesh Gupta P.D. Thakur S.C. Chowfla I.D. Garg and Usha Sharma. 27. Epidemiology of a mosaic disease of tomoto in Himachal Pradesh/P.K. Sharma Anil Handa P.D. Thakur Usha Sharma and Dharmesh Gupta. 28. Post harvest losses of bell pepper and tomato fruits in Himachal Pradesh/R.L. Sharma Manju Choudhary and Arti Shukla. 29. Detection of seed borne infection of bacterial wi.…