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Molecular Biology of Pathogen Resistance to Chemicals

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Molecular Biology in Plant Pathogenesis and Disease Management

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Application of chemicals to restrict the incidence and spread of different diseases affecting various crops has been the important and largely visible disease management strategy. With the advent of modern fungicides with single-site of action on target pathogens, emergence of resistant strains, has resulted in restricted use or withdrawal of such fungicides/chemicals, seriously affecting the fungicide market. Biochemical and nucleic acid-based molecular techniques have been shown to yield reliable and reproducible results rapidly, facilitating the planning of effective action schedules. The molecular methods can be used for detection, differentiation and quantification of sensitive and resistant strains/isolates of fungal and bacterial plant pathogens. In addition, the occurrence of exotic strains exhibiting resistance can be efficiently detected and contained by taking appropriate measures. The importance of continuous monitoring the populations of different isolates of pathogens coupled with resistance management activities for effective crop disease management is underscored.

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Narayanasamy, P. (2008). Molecular Biology of Pathogen Resistance to Chemicals. In: Molecular Biology in Plant Pathogenesis and Disease Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8247-4_7

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