InhaltsangabePrefaceAcknowledgement1. Introduction 1.1 Concepts and aims of biological management of diseases of crops 1.2 Land marks in the development of biological disease management systems 1.3 Biological disease management strategies 1.4 Integration of biological disease management strategies 2. Cultural practices influencing biological management of crop diseases 2.1 Crop sanitation 2.2 Crop nutrition 2.3 Tillage 2.4 Soil flooding 2.5 Planting date and density 2.6 Irrigation practices 2.7 Effects of other crops 2.8 Effects of cultural practices on soil microbial communities 3. Physical techniques for biological crop disease management 3.1 Heat treatments 3.2 Solar energy treatments 3.3 Radiation treatments 3.4 Ozone treatment 4. Biological control of microbial plant pathogens in alternative sources of infection 4.1 Biological control of weeds 4.2 Biological control of insect vectors by microbial pathogens 5. Development of formulations and commercialization of biological products 5.1 Development of formulations 5.2 Delivery systems for formulated products 5.3 Registration and commercialization of biological control agents 6. Biological disease management systems for agricultural crops 6.1 Diseases of cereal crops 6.2 Diseases of cotton 6.3 Diseases of pulse crops 6.4 Diseases of oilseed crops 6.5 Postharvest diseases 7. Biological disease management systems for horticultural crops 7.1 Management of diseases of vegetables 7.2 Management of diseases of fruits 7.3 Management of diseases of plantation crops