Disease Suppressive Tropical Soils
暫譯: 疾病抑制熱帶土壤

Dr Sam Gnanamanickam is an Indian plant pathologist. He was a professor at the University of Madras and has been recognized as an Adjunct Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He is known for his research on diversity of rice pathogens, molecular breeding of indica rices for disease resistance, and for developing superior strains of beneficial strains of rhizosphere bacteria for biological control of rice diseases. He has been named as a noteworthy plant pathologist and his pioneering contributions include the introduction of Pseudomonas and Bacillus strains to India for biological rice disease management (known today as the No Pesticide Rice Farming) and jump-starting the biopesticide industry in India.

Prof. Dr. Monica Höfte is a full professor at Ghent University and is the head of the laboratory of Phytopathology and head of the Department of Plants and Crops. She is an agricultural engineer with a PhD in microbial ecology and is well known for her contributions to both fundamental and practical aspects of plant-pathogen interactions. Her research interests are biological and integrated control of plant pathogens and natural and induced resistance mechanisms against fungi and bacteria in a wide variety of tropical (cocoyam, rice, banana) and temperate crops (lettuce, tomato, bean, cabbage, pepper, grapevine). She is a specialist in the use of Pseudomonas strains for biocontrol.

薩姆·格納馬尼卡姆博士是一位印度植物病理學家。他曾是馬德拉斯大學的教授，並被認定為亞利桑那大學圖森分校的植物病理學兼任教授。他以研究水稻病原體的多樣性、為抗病性進行的印度稻種分子育種，以及開發優良的根圈細菌有益菌株以進行水稻病害的生物防治而聞名。他被譽為一位傑出的植物病理學家，其開創性的貢獻包括將Pseudomonas和Bacillus菌株引入印度以進行水稻病害的生物管理（如今稱為無農藥水稻耕作）以及啟動印度的生物農藥產業。

莫妮卡·霍夫特教授是根特大學的正教授，並擔任植物病理學實驗室的負責人及植物與作物系的主任。她是一位農業工程師，擁有微生物生態學的博士學位，並因其在植物與病原體相互作用的基礎和實踐方面的貢獻而廣為人知。她的研究興趣包括植物病原體的生物和綜合防治，以及對各種熱帶（如芋頭、水稻、香蕉）和溫帶作物（如生菜、番茄、豆類、捲心菜、辣椒、葡萄藤）中真菌和細菌的自然和誘導抗性機制。她專精於使用Pseudomonas菌株進行生物防治。