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Diseases remain a serious problem in wheat and barley cultivation. It has been estimated that around 20% of global crop production is lost to diseases. Leading fungal diseases affecting wheat and barley include rusts, Septoria blotches, powdery mildew, tan spot, spot blotch, net blotch, scald and Fusarium species. Conventional control using fungicides faces a number of challenges such as increasing regulation and the spread of fungicide resistance.
This collection sums up the wealth of research addressing this challenge. Part 1 reviews the latest research on the main fungal diseases of cereals. Part 2 discusses the extent of fungicide resistance and how it can best be managed. The third part of the book surveys the range of techniques for breeding varieties of wheat and other cereals resistant to fungal pathogens, whilst the final section of the book explores the range of methods for integrated disease management of cereals.
With its distinguished editor and international team of expert authors, this will be a standard reference for cereal scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in wheat cultivation.
