**Meet the editors**

Dr D. Dhanasekaran is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. He has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience in the field of Microbiology, and so far has published 36 research papers in national and international journals.

Dr N. Thajuddin is working as an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India. He has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience in the field of Microbiology, and has published 120 articles in Microbiology and related fields.

Dr A. Panneerselvam is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Botany and Microbiology, A.V.V.M. Sri Pushpam College, Poondi, Thanjavur (Dt), Tamil Nadu, India, and has 28 years of teaching and research experience. He has published more than 180 research papers in national and international journals, and 23 popular articles in the regional magazine.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

**Part 1 Fungicidal Compounds 1** 

Juan A. Martínez

Chapter 2 **Applications of Actinobacterial** 

Chapter 3 **Naturally Occurring Antifungal** 

F. Castillo, D. Hernández,

Chapter 5 **Screening Methods in the Study** 

S. Sasidharan, L. Yoga Latha,

Fernanda Leal, Manuela Matos,

Chapter 6 *In Vitro* **Multiplication of Aromatic** 

**Part 2 Biological Control 139** 

Chapter 7 **Biological Control Agents** 

Kwan Yuet Ping and S. Jothy Lachumy

Chapter 4 **Antifungal Properties of** 

Chapter 1 **Natural Fungicides Obtained from Plants 3** 

**Fungicides in Agriculture and Medicine 29**  D. Dhanasekaran, N. Thajuddin and A. Panneerselvam

**Agents and Their Modes of Action 55**  Isao Kubo, Kuniyoshi Shimizu and Ken-ichi Fujita

**Bioactive Compounds from Plants 81** 

G. Gallegos, R. Rodríguez and C. N. Aguilar

**of Fungicidal Property of Medicinal Plants 107** 

**and Medicinal Plants and Fungicide Activity 119** 

**of Potatoes: Strategies on Discovery and Development 141** 

Ana Cláudia Coelho and Olinda Pinto-Carnide

**for Suppression of Post-Harvest Diseases** 

Patricia J. Slininger and David A. Schisler
