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Book SynopsisThis advanced textbook investigates how pathogens shape diversity in plant communities, how features of plant-microbe interactions including host range and mutualism/antagonism evolve, and how biological invasions, climate change, and other agents of global change can drive disease emergence.
Trade ReviewThis is a true learning tool. I can't wait to use it in introductory plant pathology courses and to share it with the public when they say, "You're a what? Plant pathologist?" * Alejandra Huerta, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, USA *
Essential reading for students of all levels: from the scientifically curious layperson to the seasoned specialist. * Charles Mitchell, Professor, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA *
This treatise is impressive in its comprehensive and understandable introduction to the basic biology of diverse plant pathogens, and the complex interactions that they have with their plant hosts. There is a lot to learn and think about in this book! * Steven E. Lindow, Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA *
Table of ContentsPreface Part 1: Plant Pathogens and Disease 1: Thinking like a plant disease ecologist 2: How to be a plant 3: How to be a fungus 4: How to be an oomycete 5: How to be a bacterium 6: How to be a virus 7: How to be a macroparasite 8: Types of diseases 9: How to do disease ecology Part 2: Evolutionary Ecology of Plant-Pathogen Symbioses 10: The population ecology of plant disease 11: Spatial ecology 12: Physiology and genetics 13: Evolution 14: Community ecology 15: The plant microbiome 16: Global change 17: Disease management Epilogue
