This book presents research findings on newly discovered pests and diseases that may be impacted by climate change in the tropics; current management techniques including molecular diagnostics, integrated pest management (IPM), and agroecological approach; and recent technological advancements used as preventive and curative approaches to mitigate the effects of plant pests and diseases. Combining the expertise of leading researchers in the various fields, the book provides a useful reference for all relevant stakeholders.
The proposed book is prepared with the aim of disseminating the current research development of emerging pests and diseases in the tropics in the era of climate change as well as new and eco-friendly pest and disease management technologies of tropical crops. The book is divided into three parts with sixteen chapters. Part 1: Advances in Tropical Insect Pest Management consists of five chapters describing the discovery, formulations, and applications of nature-based solutions such as natural enemies of insects, insect hormones, botanicals, and microorganisms for sustainable pest management. Part 2: Advances in Tropical Plant Disease Management consists of seven chapters, describing the causal agents of economically important diseases of tropical crops, rapid pathogen detection systems as well as effective and sustainable disease management strategies. Part 3: Advances in Other Tropical Pests Management consists of four chapters detailing the various eco-friendly pest management of vertebrates,
mollusks, weeds, and emerging IR4.0 technologies in pest management. Ideas for future volumes on this subject: Volume II would be a follow-up to Volume I. It covers emerging pests and diseases of the tropics in greater depth, with a focus on specific hosts and diseases. Robust pests and disease management technologies utilized in crop protection in tropical areas by the farmers will be discussed as well.
1. Introduction.-
2. Biological Control Agents and Management of Thrips
(Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Infesting Vegetable Production.- Syari Jamian, Siti
Izera Ismail, Norsazilawati Saad, Sumaiyah Abdullah and Ibrahim Sani.- 3.
Parasitoids Vs Predators: Challenges and Opportunities as Biological Control
Agents Nur Azura Adam and Syari Jamian.- 4. Baculoviruses: Discovery,
Interaction and Application Lau Wei Hong and Erise Anggraini.- 5.
Biopesticides: The Development of Suitable Formulations Norhayu Asib and
Dzolkhifli Omar.-
6. Emerging Rubber Disease and Potential Factors
Contributing Nusaibah Syd Ali, Sharifah Aliya Syed Sagaff and Zaiton
Sapak.- 7. Common Diseases in Pineapple and Their Management Zaiton Sapak,
Anis Nadia Mohd Faisol Mahadeven and Nusaibah Syd Ali.- 8. The Microbiome of
Banana and Its Role in Managing Fusarium Wilt Disease Noor Baity Saidi, Nurul
Shamsinah Mohd Suhaimi.- 9. Utilization of Plant-based Product in
Post-harvest Disease Management of Fruits Nur Baiti Abd Murad and Nur Ain
Izzati Mohd Zainudin.- 10. Current Thinking on Infection and Control
Strategies of Basal Stem Rot Disease of Oil Palm in South East Asia Mohd
A'swad Abdul Wahab.- 11. Phytobacterial Diseases and Applications of
Molecular Diagnostic Technologies: Unraveling the Culprits Dzarifah Zulperi,
Norsazilawati Saad, Rohaya Ibrahim, Adam Zafdri Mat Zali and Yasmin
Jaafar.- 12. Utilization of Biodiversity for Sustainable Plant Disease
Management Mui-Yun Wong and Yee-Min Kwan.-
13. Management of Vertebrate Pests
Wan Mohd Hafezul Wan Abdul Ghani.- 14. A Sustainable Rat Management Model in
Rice Field by Natural Propagation of a Local Predator, the Barn OwlTyto
javanica Hafidzi Mohd Noor, Muhammad Naim and Maisarah Burhanuddin.- 15.
Invasive Apple Snails: Threats and Management Anis Syahirah Mokhtar; Arfan
Ahmed Gilal and Rita Muhamad.- 16. Bioherbicides: Eco-friendly Weed
Management for Sustainable Agriculture Mahmudul Hasan, S. M. Rezaul Karim and
Muhammad Saiful Ahmad-Hamdani.-
17. Emerging Technology for Rice Cultivation
and Pest Management in the Tropic Norida Mazlan and Suhaizi Mat Su.
Mui-Yun Wong is a Professor of Plant Pathology and Biotechnology at the Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). She is currently the Deputy Director at the Institute of Plantation Studies, UPM. She obtained her Ph.D. from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA in 2004. She was a Fulbright Scholar attached to the University of California, Riverside, USA in the 2016/2017 session. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia and the Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture. Her research focuses on molecular plant pathology and innovative strategies for sustainable crop protection.
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