Description
Book SynopsisThis essential handbook for advanced student and practising plant pathologists has been thoroughly reorganised and updated since publication of the second edition in 1983. New features include the rearrangement of topics to facilitate use, and 44 short succinct chapters, each providing valuable and practical information. There are several new chapter topics and five overall sections covering disease recognition and evaluation, causation, diagnosis and investigation as well as disease management and general techniques and information.
Table of ContentsPart 1: Recognition and Evaluation of Plant Diseases 1: Landmarks in Plant Pathology 2: Some Major Plant Diseases 3: Survey and Sampling 4: Disease and Yield Loss Assessment 5: Postharvest Diseases 6: General Bibliography of Plant Pathology 7: Bibliography of Crop and Plant Diseases 8: Collection and Dispatch of Plant Material Part 2: Causes of Plant Diseases 9: Fungi as Plant Pathogens 10: Bacteria and Plant Disease 11: Virus Diseases 12: Phytoplasmas as Plant Pathogens 13: Plant Parasitic Nematodes 14: Insects and Other Arthropod Pests 15: Weeds 16: Parasitic Higher Plants 17: Non-infectious Disorders 18: Air Pollution Effects and Injury 19: Effects of Climate Change Part 3: Disease Diagnosis and Investigation 20: Detection and Isolation of Fungal and Bacterial Pathogens 21: Microscopy 22: Immunological Techniques 23: Biochemical and Molecular Techniques 24: Inoculation 25: Epidemic Modelling and Disease Forecasting 26: Design of Experiments Part 4: Disease Management 27: Plant Health and Quarantine 28: Regional and Country Lists of Plant Diseases 29: Seed Health 30: Cultural Control 31: Disease Resistance 32: Fungicides 33: The Application of Chemicals for Plant Disease Control 34: Biological Control of Fungal Plant Pathogens 35: Plant Pathogens for Biological Control of Weeds Part 5: General Techniques and Information 36: Safety in the Laboratory 37: Culturing, Preservation and Maintenance of Fungi 38: Mycological Media and Methods 39: Photography 40: Standards and Measurement 41: Publication 42: Electronic Databases and Information Technology in Plant Pathology 43: Glossary 44: Useful Addresses
