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Agrios' Plant Pathology
- 6th Edition - May 28, 2024
- Editor: Richard Oliver
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 4 2 9 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 1 3 5 - 0
Agrios' Plant Pathology, Sixth Edition is the ultimate reference in the field. Here, Dr. Richard Oliver provides a fully updated table of contents with revised and new chapte… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAgrios' Plant Pathology, Sixth Edition is the ultimate reference in the field. Here, Dr. Richard Oliver provides a fully updated table of contents with revised and new chapters and invited contributors from around the globe. Building on his legacy, this new edition is an essential read for students, faculty and researchers interested in plant pathology. Sections outline how to recognize, treat and prevent plant diseases and provide extensive coverage on abiotic, fungal, viral, bacterial, nematode and other plant diseases and their associated epidemiology. A large range of case studies take a deep dive into the genetics and modern management of several plant species.
- Updates with a new edition of Agrios’ Plant Pathology, including information on molecular techniques and biological control in plant diseases
- Includes numerous excellent diagrams and photographs
- Provides a large variety of disease examples for instructors to choose for their course
- Edited by a renowned expert in plant pathology, Dr. Richard Oliver
Undergraduate students, graduate students, and scientists in the field of plant pathology and agronomy
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- About the editors
- Preface to the Sixth Edition
- Section A: Interactions
- Chapter 1 The history and development of plant pathology
- Abstract
- Prologue
- Plants and disease
- History of plant pathology and early significant plant diseases
- Losses caused by plant diseases
- Chemical control of plant diseases
- Interest in the mechanisms by which pathogens cause disease
- The concept of genetic inheritance of resistance and pathogenicity
- Epidemiology of plant disease come of age
- Molecular plant pathology
- Worldwide development of plant pathology as a profession
- Sources of information about plant pathology
- Plant diseases and world crop production
- Basic procedures
- Current status of plant pathology
- Nomenclature in plant pathology
- Selected references
- Web resources
- Chapter 2 Effects of pathogens and disease on plant physiology
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Parasitism, pathogenicity, and aggressiveness
- The amount of disease
- The disease cycle
- Effect of pathogens on photosynthesis
- Effects of pathogens on photorespiration and respiration
- Cell water and permeability of cell membranes
- Effects of pathogens on transpiration
- Effects of pathogens on translocation of water and nutrients in host plants
- Effects of pathogens on plant growth and reproduction
- Effects of pathogens on plant biomass, development, and yield
- Selected references
- Chapter 3 Pathogenicity—How do plant pathogens cause disease?
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Penetration of the plant
- Invasion and initial colonization
- Nonhaustorial intracellular pathogenicity
- Stealthy invasion of the apoplast
- Detoxification of plant defensive compounds
- Obtaining nutrients from plant cell walls
- Invasion of the xylem
- Pathogens that seek to cause cell death
- Crown gall disease caused by Agrobacterium
- Growth regulators in plant disease
- Late-stage infection
- Enzymatic degradation of plant polymers
- The terminal phase of pathogenicity
- Selected references
- Chapter 4 Genetics of plant disease and resistance
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Genetic determination of plant disease
- Variability in organisms
- Mechanisms of variability
- Stages of variation in pathogens
- Types of plant resistance to pathogens
- Breeding for plant disease resistance
- Selected references
- Chapter 5 Plant immunity and plant defense
- Abstract
- Introduction
- The genetic basis of plant defense
- Lack of host factors for pathogen attack
- Preexisting structural and chemical defenses
- Pathogen recognition for activation of defenses
- Structure and function of gene products acting in pathogen recognition
- Signaling for pathogen-induced defense responses
- General and specific aspects of defense reactions
- Immunization of plants against pathogens
- Genetic modification for enhanced disease resistance
- Selected references
- Chapter 6 Plant disease quantification
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Terminology
- Gauging the quality of the assessments
- Assessing disease severity visually
- Sensor-based and optical methods for measuring disease
- Selected references
- Web resource
- Chapter 7 Epidemics: Disease in populations
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Patterns of epidemics
- Disease gradients
- Spatial patterns
- Molecular epidemiology
- Population biology of plant pathogens
- Selected references
- Web resource
- Chapter 8 Plant disease warning systems
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Terminology
- When is a disease warning system useful in practice?
- Types of disease warning systems
- Delivery of outputs from disease warning systems
- Use of disease warning systems in practice
- Selected references
- Chapter 9 Environmental changes and plant disease epidemics
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Climate change and severity of epidemics
- Changing agricultural practices and severity of epidemics
- Other human-made environmental changes and severity of epidemics
- Selected references
- Web resources
- Chapter 10 Control of plant diseases
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Agronomical methods to control diseases
- Genetics—Using disease-resistant crop varieties
- Crop protection products
- Integrated control of plant diseases
- Comparison between the four methods of crop protection
- Selected references
- Web resources
- Chapter 11 Postharvest diseases
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Fungal and Oomycete phytopathogens
- Bacterial phytopathogens
- Food safety
- Postharvest decay control
- Mycotoxins
- Postharvest management of seed and grain decay
- Selected references
- Section B: Pathogens
- Chapter 12 Classification of phytopathogens and diseases
- Abstract
- Phylogenetic classifications
- Phenotypic classifications of diseases; Trophic classes
- Subspecific classification of pathogens
- Levels of host specificity
- Pathogen and disease names
- Selected references
- Chapter 13 Diseases caused by fungi
- Abstract
- Dothideomycetes
- Leotiomycetes
- Sordariomycetes
- Ustilaginomycetes
- Pucciniomycetes—Rust diseases
- Selected references
- Chapter 14 Diseases caused by Plasmodiophorida
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Diseases caused by Plasmodiophorida
- Selected references
- Chapter 15 Diseases caused by Oomycetes
- Abstract
- Pythium seed rot, damping-off, root rot, and soft rot
- Phytophthora diseases
- Downy mildews
- Selected references
- Web resources
- Chapter 16 Plant diseases caused by prokaryotes: Bacteria and mollicutes
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Archaea
- Plant diseases caused by bacteria
- Characteristics of plant pathogenic bacteria
- Characteristics of important phytobacterial genera
- Identification of bacteria
- Bacterial genomes
- Symptoms caused by bacteria
- Bacterial effectors and plant defense
- Control of bacterial diseases of plants
- Bacterial spots and blights
- Bacterial vascular wilts
- Bacterial soft rots
- Bacterial galls
- Bacterial cankers
- Bacterial scabs
- Root nodules of legumes
- Plant diseases caused by fastidious vascular bacteria
- Xylem-inhabiting fastidious bacteria
- Pierce’s disease of grape
- Phloem-inhabiting fastidious bacteria
- Plant diseases caused by mollicutes: Phytoplasmas and spiroplasmas
- Examples of plant diseases caused by mollicutes
- Spiroplasma diseases
- Selected references
- Chapter 17 Plant diseases caused by viruses
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Nomenclature and classification of plant viruses
- Characteristics of plant viruses
- Properties of plant viruses: The biological function of viral components
- Virus infection and virus synthesis
- Translocation and distribution of viruses in plants
- Symptoms caused by plant viruses
- Physiology of virus-infected plants
- Transmission of plant viruses
- Epidemiology of plant viruses and viroids
- Working with, and managing plant viruses: Purification of plant viruses
- Serology of plant viruses
- Detection and identification of plant viruses
- Economic importance of plant viruses
- Control of plant viruses
- Diseases caused by rigid rod-shaped ssRNA viruses
- Diseases caused by filamentous ssRNA viruses
- Diseases caused by Potyviridae
- Diseases caused by closteroviruses
- Diseases caused by isometric single-stranded RNA viruses
- Diseases caused by tombusviruses
- Diseases caused by monopartite isometric (+)ssRNA viruses of genera not yet assigned to families
- Diseases caused by nepoviruses
- Selected references
- Web resources
- Chapter 18 Plant diseases caused by nematodes
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Characteristics of plant pathogenic nematodes
- Classification
- Isolation of nematodes
- Symptoms caused by nematodes
- How nematodes affect plants
- Genetics and genomics
- Interrelationships between nematodes and other plant pathogens
- Control of nematodes
- Cyst nematodes: Heterodera and Globodera
- Pine wilt and palm red ring diseases: Bursaphelenchus
- Selected references
- Chapter 19 Plant diseases caused by parasitic higher plants
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Dodder
- Mistletoe
- Dwarf mistletoe
- Leafy mistletoe
- Striga
- Broomrape
- Plant parasitic algae
- Selected references
- Section C: Hosts
- Introduction
- Introduction
- Web resources
- Chapter 20 Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system for understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms of plant immunity
- Abstract
- Why Arabidopsis?
- Development of Arabidopsis as a model system for studying plant-microbe interactions
- Using Arabidopsis to dissect immune signaling pathways
- Translation of foundational research in Arabidopsis to applications in crops
- Limitations of Arabidopsis for studying disease resistance in crops
- The future of Arabidopsis as a model system for studying plant-microbe interactions
- Chapter 21 Banana
- Abstract
- The banana plant
- Agronomy and logistics
- Breeding and genetics
- Pests and diseases
- Crop protection
- Selected references
- Chapter 22 Barley
- Abstract
- Breeding and genetics
- Diseases
- Crop protection
- Selected references
- Web resources
- Chapter 23 Canola
- Abstract
- The canola crop, Brassica napus
- Breeding and genetics
- Diseases
- Selected references
- Chapter 24 Citrus
- Abstract
- The citrus crop
- Breeding and genetics
- Diseases
- Disease control
- Selected references
- Chapter 25 Cool-season grain legumes
- Abstract
- Breeding and genetics
- Diseases
- Disease management
- Selected references
- Chapter 26 The grape crop
- Abstract
- Domestication, diversity, and breeding
- Crop protection
- Selected references
- Chapter 27 Forest trees
- Abstract
- Diseases of trees
- Tree pathogens
- Silvicultural disease management
- Biochemical and chemical control
- Breeding and genetics
- Selected references
- Web resources
- Chapter 28 Diseases of plantation forest trees in the tropics and Southern Hemisphere
- Abstract
- Plantation forestry
- Diseases
- In-field diagnosis
- Pathogen identification using molecular methods
- Population genetics
- Selected references
- Chapter 29 Cannabis
- Abstract
- Hemp as an oil seed crop
- Fiber uses
- Management
- Extension
- Selected references
- Chapter 30 Diseases of maize/corn
- Abstract
- Breeding and genetics
- Diseases
- Crop protection
- Selected references
- Chapter 31 Ornamental plants
- Abstract
- Integrated pest management
- International trade and phytosanitary regulations
- Extension methods
- Selected references
- Web resources
- Chapter 32 Other model hosts: Medicago truncatula, Brachypodium distachyon, and Nicotiana benthamiana
- Abstract
- Medicago truncatula—The model root host
- Brachypodium distachyon—The monocot virus infection model
- Nicotiana benthamiana—The experimental workbench for effector-receptor studies
- Selected references
- Chapter 33 Potato
- Abstract
- Biology of the potato
- Global food crop
- Potato cultivars are susceptible to many pathogens and pests
- Resistance to pathogens and pests
- Resistance breeding
- Selected references
- Chapter 34 Rice
- Abstract
- The rice crop
- Breeding and genetics
- Crop losses to pests and diseases
- Diseases
- Selected references
- Chapter 35 The soybean crop
- Abstract
- Breeding and genetics
- Diseases
- Crop protection—Disease management
- Selected references
- Chapter 36 Sorghum
- Abstract
- The sorghum crop
- Domestication, breeding, and genetics
- Diseases and disease management
- Selected references
- Chapter 37 Sugar beet
- Abstract
- The sugar beet crop
- Breeding and genetics
- Selected references
- Web resource
- Chapter 38 The tomato crop
- Abstract
- Breeding and genetics
- Diseases
- Diagnosis
- Plant protection
- Selected references
- Chapter 39 Temperate fruit production: Pome, stone fruit, and berry crops
- Abstract
- Integrated pest management
- Selected references
- Chapter 40 Diseases of major tropical and subtropical fruit plants
- Abstract
- Avocado
- Capsicum
- Mango
- Papaya (Carica papaya)
- Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
- Selected references
- Chapter 41 Turfgrass diseases
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Important diseases
- Cultural control methods
- Breeding/selection of species and cultivars
- Endophytes
- Fungicide use
- Fungicide resistance
- Selected references
- Chapter 42 The wheat crop
- Abstract
- Breeding and genetics
- Diseases
- Crop protection
- Selected references
- Glossary
- Index
- Species Index
- No. of pages: 898
- Language: English
- Edition: 6
- Published: May 28, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128224298
- eBook ISBN: 9780323851350
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Richard Oliver
Richard Oliver is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Chief Scientist at the Centre for Crop Disease Management at Curtin University, Australia. Amongst other honors, Dr Oliver is an Honorary Fellow of the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) and Honorary Professor at Exeter and Nottingham Universities. He is also a past President of the British Society for Plant Pathology. Recently, Curtin and the GRDC have established a bilateral research program called the Centre for Crop Disease Management. This is a 5-year program initially with total funding of $96m. Dr Oliver is the Centre Chief Scientist, reporting to the Board with a brief to oversee the science/research programs and projects, develop new research proposals, monitor research quality and to build and maintain international research linkages. His primary role is to build and manage overseas collaborations and so works closely with research institutes in the UK, Europe and USA.
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Chief Scientist, Centre for Crop Disease Management, Curtin University, AustraliaRead Agrios' Plant Pathology on ScienceDirect