Plant Pathology V1

Contributors

Preface


1. The Diseased Plant

I. Introduction

II. Background for Volume 1

III. What Is Plant Pathology?

IV. What Is Disease?

V. Host or Suscept?

VI. Impact of Plant Disease on Society

VII. Classification of Disease

VIII. The Resistance-Susceptibility Problem

IX. Predisposition

X. References


2. Scope and Contributions of Plant Pathology

I. Introduction

II. Plant Pathology Among the Sciences

III. Plant Pathology and Human Society

Acknowledgments

References


3. History of Plant Pathology

I. The Beginnings of Botany

II. Two Millennia of Waiting

III. The Renaissance, the Discovery of the Western Hemisphere and the Beginnings of Modern Botany

IV. The Development of the Germ Theory of Disease in Plants

V. Some Effects of the Steam Age on Plant Diseases and Plant Pathology

VI. Establishment of Major Trends of Work Centering about Groups of Causal Agents of Disease

VII. Plant Pathology in the 20th Century

References


4. How Sick is the Plant?

I. Sickness and Loss

II. How Is Sickness in Plants Recognized and Diagnosed?

III. What Is the Value of Knowing the Degree of Sickness in Plants?

IV. Why Must the Degree of Sickness in Plants Be Measured?

V. What Are the Requirements in Measuring Sickness in Plants?

VI. How Does One Go about Measuring Sickness in Plants?

VII. How Much Sickness Corresponds to How Much Loss?

VIII. How Can These Measurements Be Summarized and Analyzed?

IX. The Reward

References


5. Tissue is Disintegrated

I. Introduction

II. The Nature of Cell Disintegration

III. The Disintegration of Different Types of Plant Tissues

IV. Summary and General Conclusions

References


6. Growth is Affected

I. Introduction

II. Harmonious Changes Involving Exaggerated Growth Responses

III. Amorphous Changes in Growth Pattern

Acknowledgments

References


7. Reproduction is Affected

I. Introduction

II. Parthenocarpic and Underdeveloped Fruits

III. Nutritive Disturbances

IV. Water and Reproduction

V. Temperature and Reproduction

VI. Light and Reproduction

VII. Interactions of Nutrition and Climate on Reproduction

VIII. Impaired Growth Correlations of Reproductive Organs

IX. Premature Abscission of Reproductive Organs

X. Physiological Disorders Favoring the Establishment of Parasites on Reproductive Organs

XI. Infectious Diseases

XII. The Influence of Reproduction on the Activity of Pathogens and Disease Expression

XIII. Reproductive Organs as Injurious Agents

References


8. The Host is Starved

I. The Mechanism of Nutrition

II. The Meaning of "Starved Host"

III. Hunger Mechanisms at the Level of the Host Cell

IV. The Consequences for the Host of the Variable Nutritive Needs of the Parasite during the Period of Incubation

V. Conclusion

References


9. Water is Deficient

I. Introduction

II. Water Balance in Normal Healthy Plants

III. General Symptoms and Nature of Water Deficiency

IV. "Water Imbalance" in Diseased Plants

V. Synthesis

References


10. Alteration of the Respiratory Pattern in Infected Plants

I. Introduction

II. Respiratory Increase

III. The Hexose Monophosphate Pathway

IV. Biochemical Changes Accompanying the Respiratory Increase

V. Alteration of the Respiration in Relation to Defense Mechanisms of the Host

References


11. Histology of Defense in Plants

I. Static Anti-Infectious Structures

II. Dynamic Defense Reaction

References


12. Physiology and Biochemistry of Defense

I. Introduction

II. The Chemical Battery

III. Dynamic Aspects of Defense

IV. Conclusion

References


13. Hypersensitivity

I. Introduction

II. Hypersensitivity Reaction as Morphological Phenomenon

III. Hypersensitivity as a Genetic Problem

IV. Hypersensitivity as a Physiological Problem

V. Hypersensitivity Reaction as an Immunological Problem

VI. Problem of "Acquired Immunity"

VII. Epilogue

References


14. Predisposition

I. The Concept

II. The Evidence

III. Implications and Discussion

References


15. Therapy

I. Introduction

II. Physical Therapy

III. Topical Chemotherapy

IV. Systemic Chemotherapy

V. Modes of Chemotherapeutic Action

References

Author Index

Subject Index