Title: Recent Approaches for Diagnosis and Management of Economically Important Diseases of Field Pea (Pisum sativum L.) in India
Abstract: Field pea (Pisum sativum L.) is one of the most important cool season food legume crops in the world and occupies a very prominent place because of its production and multiple uses. In India, the crop is cultivated in the northern and central parts of the country. The reason behind the low productivity of pea is its susceptibility to several biotic and abiotic stresses at different stages of its growth. Among the biotic stresses, diseases cause a heavy reduction to both quality and quantity of pea seed and grain production. Some environmental conditions like high humidity and moderate temperature enhance the possibility of development of diseases. Annual losses differ from year to year and variety to variety, depending upon the local weather conditions. In order to minimize the disease incidence and to maximize the productivity, accurate, sensitive, and specific detection and diagnostic techniques are required. There are various direct and indirect disease diagnosis methods which are currently employed in agriculture such as PCR, RT-PCR, ELISA, IF, FCM, GC-MS, thermography, fluorescence imaging (FI), hyperspectral techniques, and biosensors. Modern nanofabrication techniques have increased the sensitivity of biosensors. With the help of bioinformatics, we can identify the specific motifs, DNA/RNA sequences, protein sequences which increase the specificity and accuracy of disease diagnosis tools. Daily 266monitoring of plant health is essential to detect and reduce plant disease severity. DNA, RNA, and serological-based techniques provide accurate and early diagnosis compared to visual observation.
Publication Year: 2021
Publication Date: 2021-06-28
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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