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Diseases of Field Crops

Diseases of Field Crops

Edited by Clayton A. Hollier, G. Boyd Padgett, and Martin A. Draper

This book covers diseases of 22 major field crops in one comprehensive volume.

Postharvest Pathology of Fruit and Nut Crops:<br> Principles, Concepts, and Management Practices

Postharvest Pathology of Fruit and Nut Crops:
Principles, Concepts, and Management Practices

Edited by James E. Adaskaveg, Helga Förster, and Dov B. Prusky

This book is the most complete guide to postharvest diseases ever published. This new book provides current reports of postharvest diseases of fruit and nut crops around the world.

Soybean Rust: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic in Brazil

Soybean Rust: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic in Brazil

By José Tadashi Yorinori / Edited by Glen L. Hartman, Maurício C. Meyer, Ademir A. Henning, and Cláudia V. Godoy

Highlights critical advances from the research of the late Dr. José Tadashi Yorinori, who developed educational and control methods for this devastating disease.

Chocolate Crisis: Climate Change and other Threats to the Future of Cacao

Chocolate Crisis: Climate Change and other Threats to the Future of Cacao

By Dale Walters

This book discusses the problems posed by plant diseases, pests, and climate change, looking at what these mean for the survival of the cacao tree.

A Farmer's Guide to Wheat Diseases

A Farmer's Guide to Wheat Diseases

Edited by Damon Smith, Kiersten Wise, Anna Freije, Adam Sisson, Albert Tenuta, Andrew Friskop, Emmanuel Byamukama, Juliet M. Marshall, Mary Burrows, and Daren Mueller

This is the first comprehensive overview of wheat diseases written for farmers.

Untold Stories: Forty Years of Field Research on Root Diseases of Wheat

Untold Stories: Forty Years of Field Research on Root Diseases of Wheat

By R. James Cook

A compelling collection of stories filled with practical crop management information gleaned from Dr. Jim Cook's 40 years of research on root diseases of wheat.

The Bacterium of Many Colors

The Bacterium of Many Colors

By Robert M. Harveson

A fascinating collection of colorful stories chronicling plant pathogen and disease discoveries, as well as the foundational lessons plant pathologists learned while researching them.

Hidden Histories and Ancient Mysteries of Witches, Plants, and Fungi

Hidden Histories and Ancient Mysteries of Witches, Plants, and Fungi

By Frank Dugan

Hidden Histories and Ancient Mysteries of Witches, Plants, and Fungi traces the evolution of plant lore and crop protection from the ancient beginnings of agriculture, through human civilization's advances.

Hungry Planet: Stories of Plant Diseases

Hungry Planet: Stories of Plant Diseases

By Gail L. Schumann and Cleora J. D’Arcy

Read stories of plant disease epidemics that illustrate the past and present vulnerability of some important plants that people use for food, for fibers and oils, and for green spaces.

John S. Niederhauser: Recollections of a Life in Science and Agriculture

John S. Niederhauser: Recollections of a Life in Science and Agriculture

Edited by Paul D. Peterson, Clay S. Griffith, and R. Steven Turner

John Niederhauser is remembered and honored in this autobiographical memoir as one of the most important agricultural scientists of the last century.

Conspectus of World Ethnomycology: Fungi in Ceremonies, Crafts, Diets, Medicines, and Myths

Conspectus of World Ethnomycology: Fungi in Ceremonies, Crafts, Diets, Medicines, and Myths

By Frank M. Dugan

This book surveys the folk usage of fungi worldwide from the perspective of a specialist in germplasm conservation and research.

Fungi in the Ancient World: How Mushrooms, Mildews, Molds, and Yeast Shaped the Early Civilizations of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East

Fungi in the Ancient World: How Mushrooms, Mildews, Molds, and Yeast Shaped the Early Civilizations of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East

By Frank Matthews Dugan

This well documented book presents reproductions and descriptions of fungal motifs in ancient art, myth, and folklore that enable direct examination of evidence by any reader, professional or lay.

Pioneering Women in Plant Pathology

Pioneering Women in Plant Pathology

Edited by Jean Beagle Ristaino

Pioneering Women in Plant Pathology is a biographical book on the early women scientists who led the way for others in the field of plant pathology. These untold stories about 27 fascinating women discuss their struggles and triumphs as early women in the science.

Harry Marshall Ward and the Fungal Thread of Death

Harry Marshall Ward and the Fungal Thread of Death

By Peter G Ayres

A fascinating biography that reflects the changes that occurred in both society and plant science in the late 19th century.

<em>Agrobacterium tumefaciens</em>: From Plant Pathology to Biotechnology

Agrobacterium tumefaciens: From Plant Pathology to Biotechnology

Edited by Eugene Nester, Milton P. Gordon, and Allen Kerr

This anthology traces the fascinating progress from plant pathology to biotechnology through 38 scientific papers on Agrobacterium, published over the past century.

Fire Blight: The Foundation of Phytobacteriology

Fire Blight: The Foundation of Phytobacteriology

Edited by Clay S. Griffith, Turner B. Sutton, and Paul D. Peterson

Fire Blight: The Foundation of Phytobacteriology tells the story of the exciting first decades of fire blight research.

The Advance of the Fungi

The Advance of the Fungi

By E. C. Large

Originally published in 1940 and now back by popular demand, this book will spark interest in budding plant pathologists, revitalize experienced plant pathologists, and captivate the general public.

Stem Rust of Wheat: From Ancient Enemy to Modern Foe

Stem Rust of Wheat: From Ancient Enemy to Modern Foe

Edited by Paul D. Peterson

Takes a historical look at the significance of major aspects of research on stem rust of wheat in the 20th Century.

Dutch Elm Disease and the American Elm DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

Dutch Elm Disease and the American Elm DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

By Darin M. Eastburn, Cleora J. D’Arcy, and Lisa A. McKee

This educational video is perfect to supplement classes teaching the biology of Dutch elm disease, a major epidemic in the United States from the 1930s through the 1960s that is still killing thousands of American elms today.

Dutch Elm Disease and the American Elm DVD

Dutch Elm Disease and the American Elm DVD

By Darin M. Eastburn, Cleora J. D’Arcy, and Lisa A. McKee

This educational DVD is perfect to supplement classes teaching the biology of Dutch elm disease, a major epidemic in the United States from the 1930s through the 1960s that is still killing thousands of American elms today.

Tobacco Mosaic Virus: One Hundred Years of Contributions to Virology

Tobacco Mosaic Virus: One Hundred Years of Contributions to Virology

Edited by Karen-Beth G. Scholthof, John G. Shaw, and Milton Zaitlin

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of virology, it is an anthology of this past century's classic papers written about tobacco mosaic virus and its impact in the field of virology and related studies.

The Formative Years of Plant Pathology in the United States

The Formative Years of Plant Pathology in the United States

By C. Lee Campbell, Paul D. Peterson, and Clay S. Griffith

Describes more completely than ever before, the history of where and how the scientific interest in plant disease arose and was developed.

Art in Phytopathology: Portfolio of Nathan A. Cobb, Nematologist

Art in Phytopathology: Portfolio of Nathan A. Cobb, Nematologist

By Richard M. Sayre

This book is a retrospective of the career of Nathan A. Cobb, pioneer phytopathologist, who lived from 1859-1932. It showcases his drawings, which gave added form and direction to nematology in the United States.

Plant Diseases: Their Biology and Social Impact

Plant Diseases: Their Biology and Social Impact

By Gail L. Schumann

This textbook teaches basic plant and microbial biology while explaining phytopathology and its cultural relevance.

Dutch Elm Disease - The Early Papers: Selected Works of Seven Dutch Women Phytopathologists

Dutch Elm Disease - The Early Papers: Selected Works of Seven Dutch Women Phytopathologists

Translated and Prepared by Francis W. Holmes and Hans M. Heybroek

This book presents an often overlooked fact: that the pioneering research on Dutch elm disease was done by women scientists. These women studied and recorded the earliest information on this disease.

E. C. Stakman, Statesman of Science

E. C. Stakman, Statesman of Science

By C. M. Christensen

Chronicles many important events in plant pathology, including Stakman's pioneering studies on the nature of genetic variation of the stem rust pathogen Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici and the epidemiology of wheat stem rust.