Rice is a major staple food and a source of nutrition for over 3.5 billion people worldwide. It is, however, susceptible to a number of bacterial diseases that decrease its yield and quality. This book covers the bacterial diseases of rice and their management, focusing on sustainable management methods that involve biological control, conventional breeding, and molecular methods. It covers the biology of rice bacterial blight pathogens, virulence determinants, and host defense factors of bacterial blight pathogen-rice interactions. Different resistance rice cultivars, their resistance loci, and quantitative trait loci mapping in the important rice cultivars are also discussed. The book presents biological studies of the major rice bacterial diseases (rice bacterial brown stripe disease, bacterial leaf streak disease, rice bacterial panicle blight disease, rice bacterial foot rot, sheath brown rot disease) and presents comparative analyses of conventional breeding, and molecular management approaches, along with examples.
Deepti Srivastava, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Agriculture, Integral University, Lucknow, India. She has published research articles, book chapters, and edited and authored books. Before joining Integral University, Dr. Srivastava worked at the CSIR–National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, where she was engaged in the development of hybrids of cotton. Dr. Srivastava has received awards for her research work in molecular breeding.
Md. Shamim, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering at Bihar Agricultural University (BAU), Sabour, India. He is the author or coauthor of journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers. Dr. Shamim has received an an award for his research work by the Bioved Research Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, India. Dr. Shamim previously worked at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute and the Indian Institute of Pulses Research.
Malik M. Ahmad, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Microbial Biotechnology in the Department of Agriculture at Integral University, Lucknow, India. With his expertise in microorganisms, he oversees the development of ready-to-use diagnostic kits for mycotoxins or other toxins produced in food crops of importance to developing countries. Dr. Ahmad has received several awards and grants for his work. He has published scientific papers and book chapters in national and international journals.
K. N. Singh, PhD, is Professor and Head in the Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering at Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad, India. He was formerly with The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University as Associate Professor in the Centre for Plant Molecular Biology. He was also a visiting scientist under the Rockefeller Program at IRRI, Philippines. Dr. Singh has published journal articles, book chapters, conference papers and books.
