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VOL. 6, ISSUE 6 (2021)
Pathogens identification and pest control in plant disease diagnosis
Authors
Santa Mandal, Sazedur Rahman Akanda, Moidul Islam Judder, Ruhul Amin
Abstract
Feeding the rapidly growing population of the world is a major challenge that human beings face today and ensuring food security of all individuals is a major goal. This is never truer than in the case of India with a population of 1.32 billion expected to touch 1.65 billion by 2050. The present rates of crop production while significantly increased due to the steps taken during the green revolution of the 1960’s and 1970’s will not be able to meet the demands of the predicted 1.65 billion people. Plant diseases caused by numerous pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, phytoplasmas are a major problem causing major economic losses worldwide and hence cost effective, rapid, accurate and reliable methods to detect these pathogens are vital to limit the potential damage these pathogens cause by preventing their spread and to enable the cultivators to implement the correct management strategies. The present review recognizes this need and reviews and describes the technologies and techniques that have been used to detect pathogens beginning with the traditional methods before moving on to the methods currently in use- the direct and indirect methods of detection of plant pathogens comparing the benefits and limitations of these methods. It also looks the methods which are still being developed or have just been introduced and the possibilities these new methods hold. Finally, we consider the future directions plants pathogen diagnosis may take and assess the potential of portable on-site plant pathogen detection devices.
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Pages:1482-1490
How to cite this article:
Santa Mandal, Sazedur Rahman Akanda, Moidul Islam Judder, Ruhul Amin "Pathogens identification and pest control in plant disease diagnosis ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 6, 2021, Pages 1482-1490
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