LIFE SCIENCES
Effect Of Climate Change On Plant Diseases
by Dr. Samuel Sahile Woldemariam
ISBN Number : 978- 1- 63035 - 745 - 9
Authors Details
Author Name | Image | About Author |
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Dr. Samuel Sahile Woldemariam | Samuel Sahile Woldemariam awarded Bsc (In Biology), Msc (in
Microbiology) from Addis Ababa University and again graduated from
Haramaya University in July, 2009 with PhD in Plant pathology and currently
working as an Associate Professor of Plant Pathology and Applied
Microbiology at College of Natural and Computational Sciences, and Director
of Postgraduate Studies, University of Gondar. In the carriers involved in many
research and community activities, publishing more than 35research articles
and advisor for more than 60 post graduate students. |
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Dr. Subramanian Chandrodyam | Subramanian Chandrodyam has completed Doctor of Philosophy in Wildlife
Biology from Bharathidasan University in 2005 with Ornithology
specialization. Currently he is serving as an Associate Professor of Wildlife
Ecology in the Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational
Sciences, University of Gondar, Ethiopia. For the research credit he has
published many research articles in different Journals and advised many
graduate and post graduate students. |
Book Description
Now a day most of the important plant diseases worldwide are highly adaptable to climatic variables causing crop loss and may result significant economical damages. Some of them are highly virulent and even cause 100% crop loss. These effects are difficult to dissect and model as their mechanistic bases are generally poorly understood. Nevertheless, a combination of integrated modeling from different disciplines and multifactorial experimentation will advance our understanding and prioritization of the challenges. Climate change affects components of complex biological interactions differentially, often causing changes that are difficult to predict. Crop yield and quality are affected by climate change directly, and indirectly, through diseases that themselves will change but remain important. Pathogens are very dependent on environment for disease development. Pathogens often exist at low levels but erupt into epidemics rapidly under favorable conditions. This book is intended to provide comprehensive information about “Climate change and the Effect of plant disease causing microorganisms”. It will be one of the rare books available so far to the readers that deciphers the information about the climate change and plant diseases. It is useful to the students of climatology, agriculture, crop protection, plant pathology, environmental biology, micro biology and other biological sciences of all colleges and universities. Any comments and suggestions from the readers are welcomed and will be incorporated into the next edition.