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Plant Pathology V3

  • 1st Edition
  • November 14, 2012
  • James G. Horsfall
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 4 3 3 7 - 0
Plant Pathology: An Advanced Treatise, Volume III: The Diseased Population Epidemics and Control deals with the epidemics of the diseased population of plants and their forecasting and control. The book highlights the public health implications of plant pathology, giving major consideration to inoculum production, dispersal, and control. This volume is organized into 14 chapters and begins with an overview of populations of inoculum and the consequences of cultivation, emphasizing the inoculum potential. The next chapters focus on the autonomous dispersal of plant pathogens through the soil, seeds, or plant parts; the inoculum dispersal by animals, humans, air, and water; and the factors and processes that trigger an epidemic. The book also introduces the reader to the physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the performance of fungicides on plants and in soil, and then concludes by discussing the genetics of disease resistance and problems associated with plant breeding. This book is a valuable resource for those who are interested in a theoretical treatment of plant pathology and in the broad ecological relationships among organisms, as well as for research workers and advanced students of applied biology.

Biological Transmission of Disease Agents

  • 1st Edition
  • November 13, 2012
  • Karl Maramorosch
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 6 0 2 1 - 6
Biological Transmission of Disease Agents covers the proceedings of a 1960 symposium on Biological Transmission of Disease Agents, held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This book discusses methods, approaches, and problems that contribute to the progress in basic and applied research in biological transmission. This compilation is organized into two major parts encompassing 13 chapters that cover agents of plant, animal, and human diseases. The first part of the book deals with the status and significant advances of plant viruses, and the mechanical and non-mechanical transmissions and nematode vectors of these viruses. The second part starts with a discussion on viral agents known to be mosquito-borne, their importance in animal and human disease causation, as well as the several types of biological cycles involved in their transmission. The following chapters describe groups of diseases caused by transmission of sandflies, tabanids, Tsetse-borne insects, mites, ticks, and helminths. The concluding chapter presents ways of suppressing the vectors that cause diseases, such as malaria, typhus, filariasis, dysentery, trypanosomiasis, and dengue. The book appeals to students of entomology, plant pathology, human and veterinary medicine, virology, zoology, microbiology, and other branches of biology.

Diseases of Shade Trees, Revised Edition

  • 1st Edition
  • November 12, 2012
  • Terry A. Tattar
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 3 9 9 9 - 1
This revised edition maintains the clear, nontechnical format of the first, and covers the infectious diseases of shade trees, the major pathogens that cause them, and noninfectious diseases and their agents. Special topics include nonpathogenic conditions, disease diagnosis, and tree injection and implantation. Comprehensive disease control protocols, a detailed discussion of disease diagnosis, and tree diseases of the western and southern United States are among the useful additions to this widely used text and reference. This is an essential book for arboriculturists and students of aboriculture.

Fundamentals of Bacterial Plant Pathology

  • 1st Edition
  • November 11, 2012
  • Masao Goto
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 4 0 4 4 - 7
Intended as a text for plant bacteriology courses and as a reference for plant pathologists in agricultural extension services and experimental stations, Fundamentals of Bacterial Plant Pathology presents current information on bacterial morphology, taxonomy, genetics, and ecology. Diagnosis, disease management, and the molecular basis of host-pathogen interactions are examined. The book is well illustrated, includes both subject and taxonomic indexes, and provides suggestions for the further reading.

A History of Weed Science in the United States

  • 1st Edition
  • February 4, 2010
  • Robert L Zimdahl
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 1 5 0 2 - 6
It is important that scientists think about and know their history - where they came from, what they have accomplished, and how these may affect the future. Weed scientists, similar to scientists in many technological disciplines, have not sought historical reflection. The technological world asks for results and for progress. Achievement is important not, in general, the road that leads to achievement. What was new yesterday is routine today, and what is described as revolutionary today may be considered antiquated tomorrow. Weed science has been strongly influenced by technology developed by supporting industries, subsequently employed in research and, ultimately, used by farmers and crop growers. The science has focused on results and progress. Scientists have been--and the majority remain--problem solvers whose solutions have evolved as rapidly as have the new weed problems needing solutions. In a more formal sense, weed scientists have been adherents of the instrumental ideology of modern science. That is an analysis of their work, and their orientation reveals the strong emphasis on practical, useful knowledge; on know how. The opposite, and frequently complementary orientation, that has been missing from weed science is an emphasis on contemplative knowledge; that is, knowing why. This book expands on and analyzes how these orientations have affected weed science’s development.

Plant Innate Immunity

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 51
  • September 16, 2009
  • L.J.C. van Loon
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 7 4 8 3 4 - 8
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 8 8 8 7 9 - 8
Plant innate immunity is a collective term to describe a complex of interconnected mechanisms that plants use to withstand potential pathogens and herbivores. The last decade has seen a rapid advance in our understanding of the induction, signal transduction and expression of resistance responses to oomycetes, fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes and insects. This volume aims at providing an overview of these processes and mechanisms.Edited by Jean-Claude Kader and Michel Delseny and supported by an international Editorial Board, Advances in Botanical Research publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics in plant sciences.

Comparative Plant Virology

  • 2nd Edition
  • January 23, 2009
  • Roger Hull
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 7 4 1 5 4 - 7
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 2 0 9 6 - 2
Comparative Plant Virology provides a complete overview of our current knowledge of plant viruses, including background information on plant viruses and up-to-date aspects of virus biology and control. It deals mainly with concepts rather than detail. The focus will be on plant viruses but due to the changing environment of how virology is taught, comparisons will be drawn with viruses of other kingdomes, animals, fungi and bacteria. It has been written for students of plant virology, plant pathology, virology and microbiology who have no previous knowledge of plant viruses or of virology in general.

Comprehensive and Molecular Phytopathology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 9
  • January 9, 2007
  • Yuri Dyakov + 2 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 2 1 3 2 - 3
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 6 9 3 3 - 1
This book offers a collection of information on successive steps of molecular ‘dialogue’ between plants and pathogens. It additionally presents data that reflects intrinsic logic of plant-parasite interactions. New findings discussed include: host and non-host resistance, specific and nonspecific elicitors, elicitors and suppressors, and plant and animal immunity. This book enables the reader to understand how to promote or prevent disease development, and allows them to systematize their own ideas of plant-pathogen interactions.

Naturally Occurring Bioactive Compounds

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 3
  • September 25, 2006
  • Mahendra Rai + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 6 4 9 2 - 3
This timely book provides an overview of natural products/botanicals used for the management of insect-pest and diseases. It will help readers to update and widen their knowledge about natural products and their bio-activities against plant pathogens. The volume explores activity, chemistry, toxicity and geographic distribution of plants. Discussions concerning the methodology used for the detection of active principles, their mode of action and commercial prospects are of utmost importance and worthy of note.

Plant Pathology

  • 5th Edition
  • December 27, 2004
  • George N. Agrios
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 0 4 4 5 6 5 - 3
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 7 3 7 8 - 9
This fifth edition of the classic textbook in plant pathology outlines how to recognize, treat, and prevent plant diseases. It provides extensive coverage of abiotic, fungal, viral, bacterial, nematode and other plant diseases and their associated epidemiology. It also covers the genetics of resistance and modern management on plant disease. Plant Pathology, Fifth Edition, is the most comprehensive resource and textbook that professionals, faculty and students can consult for well-organized, essential information. This thoroughly revised edition is 45% larger, covering new discoveries and developments in plant pathology and enhanced by hundreds of new color photographs and illustrations.