"Fungicides: Beneficial and Harmful Aspects" ed. by Nooruddin Thajuddin

In order to enrich the knowledge on beneficial and adverse effects of fungicides this book encompasses various aspects of the fungicides including fungicide resistance, mode of action, management fungal pathogens and defense mechanisms, ill effects of fungicides interfering the endocrine system, combined application of various fungicides and the need of GRAS (generally recognized as safe) fungicides.

This volume will be useful source of information on fungicides for post graduate students, researchers, agriculturists, environmentalists and decision makers.
Fungicides are a class of pesticides used for killing or inhibiting the growth of fungus. They are extensively used in pharmaceutical industry, agriculture, in protection of seed during storage and in preventing the growth of fungi that produce toxins.

Contents
Preface
1 Optimizing Fungicide Applications for Plant Disease Management: Case Studies on Strawberry and Grape
2 Resistance to Botryticides
3 Multiple Fungicide Resistance in Botrytis: A Growing Problem in German Soft-Fruit Production
4 Fenhexamid Resistance in the Botrytis Species Complex, Responsible for Grey Mould Disease
5 Impact of Fungicide Timing on the Composition of the Fusarium Head Blight Disease Complex and the Presence of Deoxynivalenol (DON) in Wheat
6 Inoculation of Sugar Beet Seed with Bacteria P. fluorescens, B. subtilis and B. megaterium - Chemical Fungicides Alternative
7 State of the Art and Future Prospects of Alternative Control Means Against Postharvest Blue Mould of Apple: Exploiting the Induction of Resistance
8 Combined Effects of Fungicides and Thermotherapv on Post-Harvest Quality of Horticultural Commodities
9 Role of MAP Kinase Signaling in Secondary Metabolism and Adaptation to Abiotic/Fungicide Stress in Fusarium
10 Fungicides as Endocrine Disrupters in Non-Target Organisms
11 Molecular Characterization of Carbendazim Resistance of Plant Pathogen (Bipolaris oryzae)
12 Accuracy of Real-Time PCR to Study Mycosphaerella graminicola Epidemic in Wheat: From Spore Arrival to Fungicide Efficiency
13 Evaluation of Soybean (Glycine max) Canopy Penetration with Several Nozzle Types and Pressures