natural-products-in-plant-pest-management

288 Indexmicrobial population, competitionamong continuedinduced resistance 249–51compost/compost-amendedsoils 250defined 249–50ISR role in suppression of plantpathogens 250–251ISR and SAR 250microbiostasis 246–247competition for nutrients inexudates 246fungistasis 246iron competition 246–247iron salts, synthesis and use ofsiderophores 247and pseudobactins 247mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV)149mycotoxicosis 22mycotoxigenic fungi, in vitro assaysagainst 23–24aqueous extract of Adenocalymmasativum 23–24extracts of Cynara cardunculus 23zimmu 23mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins infoodsnatural preservatives 22plant products 22–27defence mechanisms againstpathogens evolved 33mycotoxins 2in foods 21–22naturally occurring secondarymetabolites 21significant impact oneconomics 22production 24–27aflatoxins 24myrosinase 211, 212, 213natural bio-herbicides 72–77allelopathydefined 73, 195release of protective chemicals73weed management programmes73augmentation biocontrol 73biological approach to weed control72classical biocontrol (inoculativebiocontrol) 73current status of natural herbicides76–77commercialized for weedcontrol in organicagriculture 77ecologically more favoured 76inundative biocontrol 72–73need to control weeds 72plants with herbicidal properties74–76allelochemicals inhibiting seedgermination andgrowth 75–76bioactivities of plant extracts75buckwheat 75essential oils used for weedcontrol 76extracts of lucerne cultivars 74potential of W. shinensis 74research into allelopathicactivity of plant extracts75natural compoundsfrom plants with bio-stimulatorypotential 78–81brassino steroids 80, 81, 81ComCat 80–81, 81effect of liquid seaweed extracton improving yield ofcanola 79products developed 78properties in plant extracts 79prototype product 80from wild plants 46–48plant allelochemicals 78replacing artificial chemicals infood 263–264secondary metabolites 78usefulness 264natural pest controls using botanicals 16natural plant compoundsbiocidal effect 111for controlling plant pathogens andpests 110–111with microbial activity 47non-biocidal suppressors 111