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Major Seed-Borne Diseases of Important Forage and Fibre Crops: Symptomatology, Aetiology and Their Economic Importance

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Seed-Borne Diseases of Agricultural Crops: Detection, Diagnosis & Management

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Since long, natural fibres have been at the crux for the textile industry as a base material for making cloth, paper and building materials. As compared to synthetic fibres gaining importance today, natural fibres are a completely renewable resource and, from an environmental point of view, provide many benefits. Similarly, agriculture in accordance with animal husbandry is closely associated with farming community in a cultural and economical ways as livestock rearing and farming is an integral part of rural livelihood. For this forage crops are playing an important role in sustainable livelihood in agriculture. Occurrence of the diseases affects the availability of quality fibre and fodder. Hence, integrated disease management is the best strategy to minimize the fibre and forage crop losses caused by several diseases. These practices are eco-friendly and economical. Sowing of disease-free certified seed is very effective way to reduce disease infection at early stages and possible losses. Also, there is need for precise, reliable, rapid and proper diagnostics of seed-borne diseases for their effective management.

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Gawande, S.P., Nagrale, D.T., Sharma, A.K. (2020). Major Seed-Borne Diseases of Important Forage and Fibre Crops: Symptomatology, Aetiology and Their Economic Importance. In: Kumar, R., Gupta, A. (eds) Seed-Borne Diseases of Agricultural Crops: Detection, Diagnosis & Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9046-4_20

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