ABSTRACT

An easy-to-use single reference source covering the full range of subject areas associated with plant pathology!

This comprehensive volume covers the entire field of plant pathology. It does not merely define the numerous subjects covered (297 topics carefully arranged in 38 sections!) but describes them in detail. Each section of this boo

chapter 1|8 pages

Birth and Development of Plant Pathology

part |2 pages

CAUSAL ORGANISMS

chapter 2|18 pages

Bacteria

chapter 4|2 pages

Parasitic Flagellate Protozoa

chapter 5|4 pages

Parasitic Green Algae

chapter 6|6 pages

Parasitic Higher Plants

chapter 7|16 pages

Parasitic Nematodes

chapter 8|8 pages

Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas

chapter 9|4 pages

Viroids

chapter 10|44 pages

Viruses

part |2 pages

COMMON DISEASE SYMPTOMS, ASSESSMENT, AND DIAGNOSIS

chapter 11|8 pages

Common Disease Symptoms

chapter 12|8 pages

Crop Disease Assessment

chapter 13|30 pages

Crop Disease Diagnosis

part |2 pages

CROP DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY

chapter 14|6 pages

Assessment of Disease Progress

chapter 15|14 pages

Factors Involved in Disease Increase

chapter 16|12 pages

Forecasting Models

part |2 pages

CROP DISEASE MANAGEMENT

chapter 17|32 pages

Biological Control—Microbial Pesticides

chapter 18|6 pages

Biological Control—Mycorrhiza

chapter 23|66 pages

Chemical Control—Fungal Diseases

chapter 25|4 pages

Chemical Control—Virus Diseases

chapter 26|14 pages

Cultural Methods

chapter 27|14 pages

Exclusion and Eradication

chapter 28|16 pages

Plant Activators

chapter 29|4 pages

Plant Extracts

part |2 pages

CROP DISEASES

part |2 pages

HOST DEFENSE MECHANISMS

chapter 32|4 pages

Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins

chapter 33|4 pages

Lignin

chapter 34|14 pages

Pathogenesis-Related Proteins

chapter 35|6 pages

Phenolics

chapter 36|6 pages

Phytoalexins

part |2 pages

PATHOGENESIS

chapter 37|18 pages

Physiology of Pathogenesis