Contents: 1. Soil microbes and their interaction with plants. 2. Biotechnology in plant disease resistance. 3. Detection of plant viruses for their management: recent trends. 4. Molecular breeding of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) for biotic stress resistance. 5. Microbes in plant endosphere: pathogenesis and disease antagonism. 6. Role of natural products in plant disease resistance. 7. Management of viral diseases in ornamental plants. 8. Systemic acquired resistance in plant s and responsible chemicals. 9. Natural infestation of late blight of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) and use of organic amendments and inorganic fertilizers. 10. Microbial toxins macrolides: promising plant pathogen control agent. 11. Role of arbuscular mycorryzae fungi in fruit crop propagation. 12. Organic strategies for management of plant diseases. 13. The nature and scale of insect pest damage to crops with special reference to insect resistance varieties and protein engineering of Bt. 14. The story of GMO. 15. Disease management in Turfgrass.
