Bacterium of many colors
Publisher: American Phytopathological Society
Published: 2015
Place of publication: St. Paul
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780890544624
Subjects: Plant diseases; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one: Introduction. Plant diseases and the major pathogen groups; title: A brief history of plant nematology; title: A brief history of mycology; title: A brief history of phytobacteriology; title: A brief history of plant virology; title: Part two: Unintended consequences. The bacterium of many colors; title: The opportunistic fungus; title: The deadly debacle from Dixie; title: On a slow boat from China: exotic introductions from the Orient; title: Part three: Novel control measures. Plant parasite from the animal kingdom; title: The sweet corn disease of Long Island; title: The New England Yankee who saved the South; title: Bread or barberry?; title: France's problems of the vine imported from America; title: Part four: New pathology and scientific concepts; title: The birds and the bees in mycology: the complicated sex lives of rust fungi; title: Are all wheat viruses soilborne?; title: Disease magnets; title: The centennial rust disease; title: The charter member of the Root Pathogen Club; title: The mysterious lives of those elusive gram-positive Nebraska natives; title: The three amigos: a virus complex with 300-plus hosts; title: The original genetic engineer; title: Harnessing good microbes for use against bad: biological control of soilborne pathogens through suppressive soils; title: Index.