Non-parasitic Seed Disorders of Major Agricultural Crops
Non-parasitic seed disorders are the abnormalities in seeds caused by environmental and nutritional stresses, alterations in genetic makeup, or some mechanical injuries caused to the seeds during harvesting and handling of the crop. These disorders are no
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ed-Borne Diseases of Agricultural Crops: Detection, Diagnosis & Management
Seed-Borne Diseases of Agricultural Crops: Detection, Diagnosis & Management
Ravindra Kumar • Anuja Gupta Editors
Seed-Borne Diseases of Agricultural Crops: Detection, Diagnosis & Management
Editors Ravindra Kumar ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Regional Station, Karnal, Haryana, India
Anuja Gupta ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Regional Station, Karnal, Haryana, India
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Foreword
The global population is increasing with great speed in recent times. To make food available for this ever-growing population is one of the greatest challenges facing scientists particularly agriculturalists around the world. Seed is one of the basic and key inputs in agriculture and its role will be very crucial in future to ensure global food security. More than 90% of all the crops cultivated worldwide are propagated by seed. Seed is also an efficient medium of harbouring and spreading of pathogens, which cause devastating diseases. The possibility of increasing cultivable land is negligible. Therefore, increasing production per unit area is the most appropriate option to sustain self-sufficiency in food. Hence, the demand for disease-free quality seeds and propagating material has been increasing exponentially in the last few decades. Seed may harbour a variety of microflora, namely, fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses, etc., which can cause crop diseases and subsequently result in huge
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