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Plant Diseases: Their Biology and Social Impact
Plant Diseases: Their Biology and Social Impact

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

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This textbook teaches basic plant and microbial biology while explaining phytopathology and its cultural relevance. Written for use as a general biology course, its fascinating historical approach will pique the interest of the undergraduate student. It will also prepare him or her to address controversial modern issues including genetic engineering and pesticide use. Plant pathology instructors will find the text appropriate for students who require a less detailed introduction to phytopathology. Suitable as an independent text or as supplemental reading.

Plant Diseases: Their Biology and Social Impact


Preface

Chapter 1: The Irish Potato Famine and the Birth of Plant Pathology


Chapter 2: Introduction to the Fungi and Their Life Cycles


Chapter 3: Pathogens and Quarantines


Chapter 4: Bacteria


Chapter 5: Genes and Genetic Engineering


Chapter 6: Plant Disease Epidemics and Their Management


Chapter 7: Pesticides


Chapter 8: Soil, The Rhizosphere, and Soilborne Pathogens


Chapter 9: Fungi in Food: Natural Poisons and Gourmet Delicacies


Chapter 10: Rusts


Chapter 11: Drying Trees and Parasitic Plants


Chapter 12: Viruses and More Recently Discovered Pathogens


Chapter 13: Environmental Diseases and Problems


Chapter 14: Plant Diseases in a Hungry World


Glossary
Figure Credits
Index
Publish Date: 1991
Format: 6" x 9" hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-89054-116-6
Pages: 397
Images: 271 images
Publication Weight: 2 lbs

By Gail L. Schumann

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