Plant pathologist's pocketbook / edited by J.M. Waller, J.M. Lenne and S.J. Waller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waller, J. M.

Lenné, Jillian M.

Waller, S. J. (Sarah J.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant diseases--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Plant diseases.

Plant diseases--Bibliography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (526 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon, UK ; New York : CABI Pub., c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The handbook for student and practising plant pathologists has been thoroughly reorganised and updated since the publication of the 2nd edition in 1983. Features include: rearrangement of topics to facilitate use; and 49 short succinct chapters, each providing practical information.

Contents:

Plant Pathologist's Pocketbook 3rd Edition; Contents; Contributors; Prefeace to the 3rd Edition; 1 Landmarks in Plant Pathology; 2 Some Major Plant Diseases; 3 Surveys and Sampling; 4 Disease and Yield Loss Assessment; 5 Postharvest Diseases; 6 General Bibliography of Plant Pathology; 7 Bibliography of Crop and Plant Diseases; 8 Collection and Dispatch of Plant Material; 9 Fungi as Plant Pathogens; 10 Bacteria and Plant Disease; 11 Virus Diseases; 12 Phytoplasma Plant pathogens; 13 Plant parasitic Nematodes; 14 Insect and Other Arthropod Pests; 15 Weeds; 16 Parasitic Higher Plants

17 Non-infectious Disorders18 Air Pollution Effects and Injury; 19 Effects of Climate Change; 20 Detection and Isolation of Fungal and Bacterial Pathogens; 21 Microscopy; 22 Immunological Techniques; 23 Biochemical and Molecular Techniques; 24 Inoculation; 25 Epidemic Modelling and Disease Forecasting; 26 Design of Experiments; 27 Plant health and Quarantine; 28 Regional and Country Lists of Plant Diseases; 29 Seed Health; 30 Cultural Control; 31 Disease Resistance; 32 Fungicides; 33 The Application of Chemicals for Plant Disease Control; 34 Biological Control of Fungal Plant Pathogens

35 Plant Pathogens for Biological Control of Weeds36 Safety in the Laboratory; 37 Culturing, Preservation and Maintenance of Fungi; 38 Mycological Media and Methods; 39 Photography; 40 Standards and Measurements; 41 Publication; 42 Electronic Databases and Information Technology in Plant Pathology; 43 Glossary of Plant Pathological Terms; 44 Useful Addresses; General Index; Diseases and Pathogens Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-90496-1

9786611904968

0-85199-890-9

OCLC:

437237177