Ebook: Fungicides - Showcases of Integrated Plant Disease Management from Around the World

Rijeka: InTech, 2013. — 328 pp.
ISBN 978-953-51-1130-6.This book comprised of three sections that focus various aspects of fungicide usages and its consequences. In the eight-chapter first section, authors discuss implementation of Integrated Plant Disease Management on a wide array of crops grown in different parts of the world: wheat productions in Argentina and in the US; corn, cotton and Eucalyptus productions in Brazil; rice productions in India; peanut productions in the southern US; and pine seedling nurseries in Serbia. The second section is composed of two chapters that explore the possibility of natural products as fungicides. The final section discusses two interesting and important topics on the fungicide-fungus interaction that can influence the implementation of plant disease management practices, fungicide resistance and hormesis.

C o n t e n t s.
Preface.
Section I. Integrated Plant Disease Management Showcases from Around the World.
Recent Advances on Integrated Foliar Disease Management with Special Emphasis in Argentina Wheat Production (María Rosa Simón, María Constanza Fleitas and Santiago Schalamuk).
Introduction.
Wheat yield and quality as affected by foliar diseases.
Different types of fungicides: Its control mechanisms.
The use of fungicides in the integrated foliar disease management to enhance wheat yield and quality.
The effect of fungicides on mycorrhizae.
Conclusions.
References.
Integration of Fungicide Application and Cultivar Resistance to Manage Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat (Stephen N. Wegulo, William W. Bockus, John F. Hernandez Nopsa, Kamaranga H. S. Peiris and Floyd E. Dowell).
Introduction.
Economic importance of FHB.
The use of fungicides to control FHB in the United States.
Management of FHB with host resistance.
Forecasting FHB.
Integrated management of FHB.
Experiments conducted to determine the effects of integrating cultivar resistance and fungicide application on FHB.
Conclusions.
References.
Chemical Control of Peanut Diseases: Targeting Leaves, Stems, Roots, and Pods with Foliar-Applied Fungicides (Jason E. Woodward, Timothy B. Brenneman and Robert C. Kemerait, Jr.).
Introduction.
Chemical management of peanut diseases.
Conclusions.
References.
Impact of Fungicides on Rice Production in India (M.K. Prasanna Kumar, D.K. Sidde Gowda, Rishikant Moudgal, N. Kiran Kumar, K.T. Pandurange Gowda and K. Vishwanath).
Introduction.
Rice diseases dynamics and fungicide market in India.
Rice fungicides.
Timing of fungicide application.
Fungicide resistance.
Fungicide resistant management.
Efficacy of fungicides against important rice diseases.
Future of fungicides.
References.
Technology of Pesticide Application in Corn – Nozzles, Sprays Volume, Economic Analysis and Diseases Control (Fernando Cezar Juliatti, Fernanda Cristina Juliatti, Breno Cezar Marinho Juliatti and David S. Jaccoud-Filho).
Introduction.
Diseases evolution on maize fields in Brazil.
Spray technology, nozzles, droplet diameter, fungicides action and disease control.
Environmental conditions.
Spray surfactants.
Tractorized spraying, airborne for maize diseases control.
Airborne X tractorized application.
Conclusion.
References.
Chemical Control of Eucalyptus Rust: Brazilian Experiences (Marcus Vinicius Masson, Willian Bucker Moraes and Edson Luiz Furtado).
Introduction.
Symptomatology.
Disease biology.
Management of the fungus P. psidii.
History of fungicide application to control eucalyptus rust.
Perspectives of fungicide application to control eucalyptus rust.
Fungicide application methods to control eucalyptus rust.
Conclusions.
References.
Cotton in Brazil: Importance and Chemical Control of Bolls Rot (Willian Luis Antonio Zancan, Luiz Gonzaga Chitarra and Gilma Silva Chitarra).
Introduction.
Cotton crop.
Cotton boll rot.
Conclusions.
References.
Incubation Methods for Forecasting the Occurrence and Development of Lophodermium seditiosum Minter, Staley & Millar on Pine (Snezana Rajkovic, Miroslava Markovic and Ljubinko Rakonjac).
Introduction.
Lophodermium needle cast.
Other Lophodermium species that seem to be involved in the disease complex.
The history of fungicide usages against pine nidle cast.
Biological examination of efficacy of some fungicides in Serbia.
Results.
Conclusion.
References.Section II. Exploring Natural Products.
Natural Products from Plants and Fungi as Fungicides (Marina D. Soković, Jasmina M. Glamočlija and Ana D. Ćirić).
Introduction.
Methodology.
Antifungal activity against plant pathogens.
Antifungal activity against animal and human pathogens.
Susceptibility of fungal species to tested compounds.
A novel approach to solve the problem.
Conclusion and future trends.
References.
Natural Products from Plants as Potential Source Agents for Controlling Fusarium (Juliet A. Prieto, Oscar J. Patiño, Erika A. Plazas, Ludy C. Pabón, Mónica C. Ávila, Juan D. Guzmán, Wilman A. Delgado and Luis E. Cuca).
Introduction.
Control methods.
Bioassays for antifungal activity evaluation.
Plant natural products as potential agents for controlling Fusarium.
Conclusions.
References.Section III. Fungicide-Fungus Interactions.
Detection of Fungicide Resistance (Janna L. Beckerman).
Introduction.
Nucleic acid based detection techniques.
Hybridization.
Amplification.
Hybrid technologies.
DNA sequencing.
Detection of fungicide resistance.
Signal transduction: Dicarboximides and phenylpyrroles.
Conclusions.
References.
Hormesis: Biphasic Dose-Responses to Fungicides in Plant Pathogens and Their Potential Threat to Agriculture (Carla D. Garzon and Francisco J. Flores).
Introduction.
Historic background.
Hormesis as a general phenomenon.
Evidence of chemical hormesis in phytopathological literature.
Fungicides hormesis and its impact on fungal plant pathogens.
The biological basis of hormesis.
Studying hormesis.
Why is chemical hormesis relevant for crop management?
References.