Concise Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology [electronic resource].
Vidhyasekaran, P.
Credo Reference (Firm)
New York [N.Y.] : Food Products Press,
c2004
This easy-to-use single reference source covers the full range of subject areas associated with 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 book serves as a comprehensive overview of a given area, providing breadth of coverage for students and depth of coverage for research professionals. In addition to providing a dictionary of plant pathological terms, this book includes a complete list of crop diseases, accepted names, synonyms, anamorphic/telemorphic names of patho
Description based upon print version of record.
Pre-publication REVIEWS, COMMENTARIES, EVALUATIONS . . .; NOTES FOR PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY USERS; CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION NOTES; FOOD PRODUCTS PRESS®; Publication and Copyright Information; Table of Contents; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Foreword; Preface; - 1 - Birth and Development of Plant Pathology; CAUSAL ORGANISMS; - 2 - Bacteria; - 3 - Fungi, Including Chromista and Protozoa; - 4 - Parasitic Flagellate Protozoa; - 5 - Parasitic Green Algae; - 6 - Parasitic Higher Plants; - 7 - Parasitic Nematodes; - 8 - Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas; - 9 - Viroids; - 10 - Viruses
COMMON DISEASE SYMPTOMS, ASSESSMENT, AND DIAGNOSIS- 11 - Common Disease Symptoms; - 12 - Crop Disease Assessment; - 13 - Crop Disease Diagnosis; CROP DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY; - 14 - Assessment of Disease Progress; - 15 - Factors Involved in Disease Increase; - 16 - Forecasting Models; CROP DISEASE MANAGEMENT; - 17 - Biological Control-Microbial Pesticides; - 18 -  Biological Control-Mycorrhiza; - 19 - Breeding for Disease Resistance-Conventional Breeding; - 20 - Breeding for Disease Resistance-Genetic Engineering; - 21 - Breeding for Disease Resistance-In Vitro Selection
- 22 - Chemical Control-Bacterial Diseases- 23 - Chemical Control-Fungal Diseases; - 24 - Chemical Control-Fungicide Application Equipment; - 25 - Chemical Control-Virus Diseases; - 26 - Cultural Methods; - 27 - Exclusion and Eradication; - 28 - Plant Activators; - 29 - Plant Extracts; CROP DISEASES; - 30 - Diseases of Major Cultivated Crops; HOST DEFENSE MECHANISMS; - 31 - Cell Wall Reinforcement; - 32 - Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins; - 33 - Lignin; - 34 - Pathogenesis-Related Proteins; - 35 - Phenolics; - 36 - Phytoalexins; PATHOGENESIS; - 37 - Physiology of Pathogenesis; Glossary
Index
This easy-to-use single reference source covers the full range of subject areas associated with 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 book serves as a comprehensive overview of a given area, providing breadth of coverage for students and depth of coverage for research professionals. In addition to providing a dictionary of plant pathological terms, this book includes a complete list of crop diseases, accepted names, synonyms, anamorphic/telemorphic names of patho
Includes bibliographical references.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Description based on title page of print version.
Plant diseases - Encyclopedias.
Agriculture
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Plant Sciences


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