The root system is vital for the cotton plant to absorb nutrients and water from the soil and to anchor the plant. Two important soil-borne pathogens of cotton, Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode), and Thielaviopsis basicola can adversely affect root systems resulting in suppressed growth and less efficient water and nutrient uptake and transport. In fields where these pathogens occur to...

mosquito borne infectious diseases are among important group of diseases worldwide. vaccination is available for some tropical mosquito-borne diseases, especially for japa-nese encephalitis virus infection and yellow fever. there are also several attempts to develop new vaccines for the other mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue infection and west nile virus infection. in this articl...

The present review paper focused on the control of plant diseases by using neem kernel extract. For so many years farmers are extract for pests and in plants Atharvaveda they stated that effectively works diseases. It was controlled seed-borne soil-borne pathogens. early blight wilt tomatoes cowpea. Powdery mildew disease can be Neem has medicinal properties Ayurveda (the ancient book medicine)...

Anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) is a proven but relatively new strategy to control soil borne pests of horticultural crops through anaerobic decomposition of organic soil amendments. The ASD technique has primarily been used to control soil borne pathogens; however, this technique has also shown potential to control plant parasitic nematodes and weeds. ASD can utilize a broad range of carbo...

The addition of organic residues to soil is an option to control some soil-borne diseases. Benzaldehyde and powders of kudzu (Pueraria lobata), velvetbean (Mucuna deeringiana), and pine-bark (Pinus elliottii and P. taeda) added to soil could reduce certain soilborne diseases. This study evaluated the effects of benzaldehyde and the dried powders of kudzu, velvetbean, and pine-bark as soil amend...

Soil microbial communities play an important role in plant health and soil quality. Researchers have developed a wide range of methods for studying the structure, diversity, and activity of microbes to better understand soil biology and plant-microbe interactions. Functional microbiological analyses of the rhizosphere have given new insights into the role of microbial communities in plant nutri...

application of trichoderma species is a harmless method in controlling soil borne plant diseases thus reducing hazardous pesticide use and environmental pollution. some trichoderma isolates performing proper inhibitory effect against fusarium oxysporum f. sp. tuberosi under laboratory and green house conditions were screened against wilt disease of potato caused by this pathogen under field con...

Accepted : May, 2010 Use of chemicals in crop production is unavoidable. However, their excessive use is creating health problem due to pollution of air, water and soil, i.e., environment and food product, now under IPM strategies biopesticides and botanical pesticides have emerged as a eco-friendly approach to protect environment for sustainable agriculture and life on the plant (Tiwari, 1995)...