Plant Pathology
- 2nd Edition - January 1, 1978
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: George Agrios
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 0 4 4 5 6 0 - 8
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 3 3 7 9 4 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 6 1 3 5 - 0
Plant Pathology, Second Edition incorporates developments in identifying pathogens and disease diagnosis. This book is organized into two major parts encompassing 16 chapters… Read more
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Request a sales quotePlant Pathology, Second Edition incorporates developments in identifying pathogens and disease diagnosis. This book is organized into two major parts encompassing 16 chapters that discuss general aspects of plant diseases and specific plant diseases caused by various microorganisms.
This edition includes chapters or sections on diseases caused by mycoplasma-like organisms, rickettsia-like bacteria, viroids, and protozoa. Information on the genetics of plant diseases, the development of resistant varieties, and their vulnerability to new pathogen races is added in this release. It also includes information on the development of epidemics. The presentation of these topics is followed by a discussion on systemic fungicides and biological control of diseases, as well as postharvest diseases of plant products. Furthermore, this edition also explains mycotoxins and mycotoxicoses, as well as techniques of isolation, culturing, indexing, and identification of pathogens. It also studies mycorrhiza and root-nodule bacteria.
Considerable chapters describe diseases caused by fungi and those caused by bacteria, which have been organized in logical, cohesive groups according to their most important symptoms. Diagrams of disease cycles, groups of pathogens and symptoms, and techniques and concepts of plant pathology are incorporated in each chapter. Moreover, this edition provides numerous photographs (macroscopic, microscopic, electron micrographs, and scanning electron micrographs) that illustrate concepts, pathogens, and symptoms.
Teachers and students who are interested in plant pathology and plant diseases and control will find this book very helpful.
Part 1 General Aspects
1. Introduction
The concept of disease in plants
Classification of plant diseases
History of plant pathology
Importance of plant diseases
Diagnosis of plant diseases
Identification of a previously unknown disease—Koch's postulates
2. Parasitism and disease development
Parasitism and pathogenicity
Host range of pathogens
Stages in the development of disease
3. How pathogens attack plants
Mechanical forces exerted by pathogens on host tissues
Chemical weapons of pathogens
Growth regulators in plant disease
4. Pathogen effects on plant physiological functions
Effect of pathogens on photosynthesis
Effect of pathogens on translocation of water and nutrients in the host plant
Effect of pathogens on host plant respiration
5.How plants defend themselves against pathogens
Structural defense
Biochemical defense
6. Genetics and plant disease
Introduction
Mechanisms of variability
Stages of variation in pathogens
Types of plant resistance to pathogens
Genetics of virulence in pathogens and of resistance in host plants
Breeding of resistant varieties
7. Effect of environment on development of infectious plant diseases
Effect of temperature
Effect of moisture
Effect of wind
Effect of light
Effect of soil pH
Effect of host-plant nutrition
The role of environmental factors in plant disease epidemics
Weather and forecasting of plant disease epidemics
8. Control of plant diseases
Regulatory methods
Cultural methods
Biological methods
Physical methods
Chemical control
Part 2 Specific Plant Diseases
9. Environmental factors that cause plant diseases
Introduction
Temperature
Moisture
Inadequate oxygen
Light
Air pollution
Nutritional deficiencies in plants
Soil minerals toxic to plants
Herbicide injury
Other improper agricultural practices
10. Plant diseases caused by fungi
Introduction
Characteristics of plant-pathogenic fungi
Classification of plant-pathogenic fungi
Isolation of fungi (and bacteria)
Life cycles of fungi
Control of fungus diseases of plants
Diseases caused by the lower fungi
11. Plant diseases caused by bacteria
Introduction
Characteristics of plant-pathogenic bacteria
Bacterial spots and blights
Bacterial vascular wilts
Bacterial soft rots
Bacterial galls
Bacterial cankers
Bacterial scabs
Root nodules of legumes
Plant diseases caused by rickettsialike bacteria
12. Plant diseases caused by mycoplasmalike organisms
Introduction
Properties of mycoplasmas
Other organisms that resemble mycoplasmas: L-forms of bacteria
Examples of plant diseases caused by mycoplasmalike organisms
13. Plant diseases caused by parasitic higher plants
Introduction
14. Plant diseases caused by viruses
Introduction
Characteristics of plant viruses
The biological function of viral components—coding
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
Purification of plant viruses
Serology of plant viruses
Nomenclature and classification of plant viruses
Identification of plant viruses
Economic importance of plant viruses
Control of plant viruses
Plant diseases caused by viroids
15. Plant diseases caused by nematodes
Introduction
Characteristics of plant-pathogenic nematodes
Isolation of nematodes
Symptoms caused by nematodes
How nematodes affect plants
Control of nematodes
16. Plant diseases caused by protozoa
General References
Glossary
Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: January 1, 1978
- No. of pages (eBook): 716
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780120445608
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124337947
- eBook ISBN: 9780323161350
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