Abstract
Medicinal plants are broadly cultivated in the fields with utmost care to meet the growing demand for health care drugs and products. Frequently, they are infected by pathogens and parasites when cultivated in commercial agroecosystems. Devastating diseases can result in huge yield losses increasing the importance of these pathogens in medicinal plants, especially in Aegle marmelos, Aloe barbadensis, Andrographis paniculata, Atropa belladonna, Catharanthus roseus, Centella asiatica, Cinchona officinalis, Coleus forskohlii, Costus speciosus, Datura stramonium, Digitalis purpurea, Dioscorea alata, Gloriosa superba, Rauvolfia serpentina, Senna alexandrina, Senna occidentalis, Solanum nigrum, Solanum trilobatum, Solanum viarum, Stevia rebaudiana, Withania somnifera etc. The sustainable management of diseases and nematodes requires a high level of consideration. Integrated disease management for sustainable development is a precondition for safe disease management and reliable drug outcome in the future. This chapter provides inclusive information about the symptoms of the major diseases, their pathogens, and adaptive management approaches for medicinal plants that are reported necessary in commercial cultivation.
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