Virus diseases are among the key limiting factors that cause significant yield loss and
continuously threaten crop production. Resistant cultivars coupled with pesticide application …

Fruits are one of the major sources of vitamins, essential nutrients, antioxidants and fibers in
human diet. During the last two–three decades, genetic engineering methods based on the …

Virus and viroid diseases are serious constraints to the production and profitability of a wide
range of tropical crops. Many plant virus outbreaks have been recorded in the last two …

Begomoviruses are transmitted by whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Gennadius, Hemiptera:
Aleyrodidae) in a persistent-circulative way. Once B. tabaci becomes viruliferous, it remains …

Many of the world's most important food crops are grown in the tropics and major crops like
rice, maize, wheat, sorghum, barley, tomato, chillies, okra, peas, peanut, sunflower …

African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV) is a major contributor to cassava mosaic disease
(CMD), the economically most important and devastating disease of cassava in Africa. We …

Begomoviruses are a large group of whitefly-transmitted plant viruses containing single-
stranded circular DNA encapsidated in geminate particles. They are responsible for …

A guide to the diversity of pesticides used in modern agricultural practices, and the relevant
social and environmental issues Pesticides in Crop Production offers an important resource …

Plant viruses are responsible for the most devastating and commercially significant plant
diseases, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. The genus begomovirus is the …

Role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in growth promotion and induction of
resistance against various plant pathogens have been extensively studied. However, MAMP …