Shashi Sharma & Minshad Ansari 
Advances in bioprotection of plants against diseases [EPUB ebook] 

Part 1 Advances in techniques for identifying and developing bioprotectants

• 1.Techniques for understanding and modifying microbial activity in the phytobiome to suppress disease/promote plant disease resistance: Angela Records, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, USA;


• 2.Improving biosafety testing of bioprotectants and other plant protection products (PPPs): Guy Smagghe, University of Ghent, Belgium;


• 3.Creating an effective regulatory regime for bioprotectants: Imme Gerke, IDRG, Germany;

Part 2 Advances in the use of bioprotection agents

• 4.The use of actinobacteria/actinomycetes as bacterial biocontrol agents to control plant diseases: Louise Thatcher, CSIRO, Australia;


• 5.The use of Clonostachys rosea to control plant diseases: Cameron Scott, Simon Fraser University, Canada;


• 6.The use of Pythium oligandrum as a biocontrol agent: Maofeng Jing, Nanjing Agricultural University, China;


• 7.Advances in the use of bioprotectants/biocontrol agents to control diseases in grapes/vineyards: Vittorio Rossi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy;


• 8.Disease management in cereals using biocontrol agents: Sander Schouten, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;


• 9.Advances in the use of bioprotectants/biocontrol agents to control diseases in potato: Jianjun Hao, University of Maine, USA;


• 10.Advances in bioherbicides/biological control of weeds: Te-Ming Paul Tseng, Mississippi State University, USA;

Cameron Scott is a graduate of Simon Fraser University, where he completed his MSc in plant pathology in Dr. Zamir Punja’s lab. He has spent the last five years researching pathogens of cannabis and working with Licensed Producers of cannabis across Canada. Whilst working in this industry, Cameron has been an author on several peer reviewed publications.