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Management of Fungal Plant Pathogens This page intentionally left blank Management of Fungal Plant Pathogens Edited by Arun Arya Professor and Head, Department of Botany and Coordinator Environment Science Programme, Faculty of Science The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India and Analía Edith Perelló Assistant Professor and Research Scientist, CONICET - CIDEFI, and Coordinator MSc Vegetal Protection Programme, Plant Pathology, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina CABI is a trading name of CAB International CABI Head Offi ce CABI North American Offi ce Nosworthy Way 875 Massachusetts Avenue Wallingford 7th Floor Oxfordshire OX10 8DE Cambridge, MA 02139 UK USA Tel: +44 (0)1491 832111 Tel: +1 617 395 4056 Fax: +44 (0)1491 833508 Fax: +1 617 354 6875 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cabi.org © CAB International 2010. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library, London, UK Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Management of fungal plant pathogens / edited by Arun Arya, Analía Edith Perelló. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-84593-603-7 (alk. paper) 1. Fungal diseases of plants. 2. Phytopathogenic fungi–Control. 3. Plant-pathogen relationships. I. Arya, Arun. II. Perelló, Analía Edith. III. title. SB733.M36 2010 632'.4–dc22 2009023395 ISBN-13: 978 1 84593 603 7 Typeset by AMA Dataset, Preston, UK. Printed and bound in the UK by the MPG Books Group. Contents Contributors viii Preface xi PART I: BOTANICALS IN FUNGAL PEST MANAGEMENT 1 Recent Advances in the Management of Fungal Pathogens of Fruit Crops 3 Arun Arya 2 Botanicals in Agricultural Pest Management 14 Ashok Kumar, Priyanka Singh and N.K. Dubey 3 Deleterious Effects of Fungi on Postharvest Crops and Their Management Strategies 28 A.O. Ogaraku 4 Exploitation of Botanicals in the Management of Phytopathogenic and Storage Fungi 36 Pramila Tripathi and A.K. Shukla 5 Use of Plant Extracts as Natural Fungicides in the Management of Seedborne Diseases 51 Gustavo Dal Bello and Marina Sisterna PART II: DISEASE CONTROL THROUGH RESISTANCE 6 Resistance to Septoria Leaf Blotch in Wheat 69 María R. Simón 7 Barley and Wheat Resistance Genes for Fusarium Head Blight 78 S.A. Stenglein and W.J. Rogers v vi Contents 8 Sustainable Management of Rice Blast (Magnaporthe grisea (Hebert) Barr): 50 Years of Research Progress in Molecular Biology 92 S. Nandy, N. Mandal, P.K. Bhowmik, M.A. Khan and S.K. Basu PART III: BIOLOGICAL CONTROL MECHANISMS 9 Postharvest Technology – Yeast as Biocontrol Agents: Progress, Problems and Prospects 109 Neeta Sharma and Pallavi Awasthi 10 Biological Control of Plant Diseases: An Overview and the Trichoderma System as Biocontrol Agents 121 Abhishek Tripathi, Neeta Sharma and Nidhi Tripathi 11 Physiological Specialization of Ustilaginales (Smut) of Genera Bromus, Zea and Triticum in Argentina 138 Marta M. Astiz Gassó and María del C. Molina PART IV: ENDOPHYTES IN PLANT DISEASE CONTROL 12 Status and Progress of Research in Endophytes from Agricultural Crops in Argentina 149 Silvina Larrán and Cecilia Mónaco 13 Effect of Tillage Systems on the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Propagule Bank in Soils 162 Santiago Schalamuk and Marta N. Cabello 14 Mechanism of Action in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbionts to Control Fungal Diseases 171 Arun Arya, Chitra Arya and Renu Misra 15 Role of Fungal Endophytes in Plant Protection 183 S.K. Gond, V.C. Verma, A. Mishra, A. Kumar and R.N. Kharwar PART V: MANAGING FUNGAL PATHOGENS CAUSING LEAF DAMAGE 16 The Rust Fungi: Systematics, Diseases and Their Management 201 M.S. Patil and Anjali Patil 17 Etiology, Epidemiology and Management of Fungal Diseases of Sugarcane 217 Ayman M.H. Esh 18 New and Emerging Fungal Pathogens Associated with Leaf Blight Symptoms on Wheat (Triticum aestivum) in Argentina 231 Analía Edith Perelló 19 Diseases of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) and Their Control Measures, with Special Emphasis on Fungal Diseases 245 S.N. Acharya, J.E. Thomas, R. Prasad and S.K. Basu Contents vii 20 Fungal Diseases of Oilseed Crops and Their Management 263 S.S. Adiver and Kumari 21 Occurrence of Pyrenophora tritici-repentis Causing Tan Spot in Argentina 275 M.V. Moreno and A.E. Perelló 22 Epidemiological Studies on Septoria Leaf Blotch of Wheat in Argentina 291 Cristina A. Cordo PART VI: ALTERNATIVE CONTROL STRATEGIES 23 Review of Thecaphora amaranthicola M. Piepenbr., Causal Agent of Smut on Amaranthus mantegazzianus Pass. 311 M.C.I. Noelting, M.C. Sandoval, M.M.A. Gassó and M.C. Molina 24 Population Biology and Management Strategies of Phytophthora sojae Causing Phytophthora Root and Stem Rots of Soybean 318 Shuzhen Zhang and Allen G. Xue 25 Management of Fungal Pathogens – A Prerequisite for Maintenance of Seed Quality During Storage 329 Anuja Gupta 26 Controlling Root and Butt Rot Diseases in Alpine European Forests 345 Paolo Gonthier 27 Some Important Fungal Diseases and Their Impact on Wheat Production 362 Aakash Goyal and Rajib Prasad Index 375 The colour plate section can be found following page 50. Contributors Acharya, S.N., Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada T1J 4B1 Adiver, S.S., Oilseeds Scheme, Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka, India ([email protected]) Arya, Arun, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390002, India ([email protected]) Arya, Chitra, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao Univer- sity of Baroda, Vadodara 390002, India ([email protected]) Astiz Gassó, Marta M., Instituto Fitotécnico Santa Catalina (IFSC), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CC 4, 1836 Llavallol, Buenos Aires, Argentina ([email protected]) Awasthi, Pallavi, Mycology and Plant Pathology Division, Department of Botany, Univer- sity of Lucknow, Lucknow 226007, India Basu, S.K., Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada T1K 3M4 ([email protected]) Bhowmik, P.K., Bioproducts and Bioprocesses, Lethbridge Research Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB Canada T1J 4B1 Cabello, Marta N., Comisión de Investigaciones Científi cas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CICBA) – Instituto de Botánica Spegazzini, Calle 53 N° 577, 1900 La Plata, Argentina ([email protected]) Cordo, Cristina A., Comisión de Investigaciones Científi cas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Centro de Investigaciones de Fitopatología (CIDEFI) – Facultad de Ciencias Agra- rias y Forestales, 60 y 119, (1900) La Plata, Argentina ([email protected]) Dal Bello, Gustavo, Centro de Investigaciones de Fitopatología (CIDEFI), Facultad de Cien- cias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 60 y 119, CC 31, 1900 La Plata, Argentina ([email protected]) Dubey, N.K., Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India ([email protected]) Esh, Ayman M.H., Biotechnology and Tissue Culture Laboratories, Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt ([email protected]) Gond, S.K., Mycopathology and Microbial Technology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India viii Contributors ix Gonthier, Paolo, Department of Exploitation and Protection of Agricultural and Forestry Resources (DIVAPRA), Plant and Forest Pathology, University of Torino, Via L. da Vinci, 44, I-10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy ([email protected]) Goyal, Aakash, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Center, Lethbridge AB-T1J4B1, Canada ([email protected]) Gupta, Anuja, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Regional Station, Karnal – 132 001, Haryana, India ([email protected]) Khan, M.A., Department of Weed Science, NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan 25130 Kharwar, R.N., Mycopathology and Microbial Technology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India ([email protected]) Kumar, Ashok, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India Kumari, Oilseeds Scheme, Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad 580 005, Karnataka, India Larrán, Silvina, Centro de Investigaciones de Fitopatología (CIDEFI), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 60 y 119, CC 31, 1900 La Plata, Argentina Mandal N., Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishavidalay, Nadia, WB, India 741252 Mishra, A., Mycopathology and Microbial Technology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India Misra, Renu, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390002, India Molina, María del C., Consejo de Investigaciones Científi cas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CC 4, 1836 Llavallol, Buenos Aires, Argentina Mónaco, Cecilia, Centro de Investigaciones de Fitopatología (CIDEFI), Facultad de Cien- cias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad