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Aerial Dispersal of Pollen and Spores

Aerial Dispersal of Pollen and Spores

By Donald E. Aylor

A valuable and comprehensive treatise covering the many complex factors and effects involved in the movement of spores and pollen through the air.

Applications of Information Theory to Epidemiology

Applications of Information Theory to Epidemiology

By Gareth Hughes

This is the first book written on information theory applications explicitly for plant disease epidemiology.

Attempt at a Dissertation on the Diseases of Plants

Attempt at a Dissertation on the Diseases of Plants

By Johann C. Fabricius

Johann C. Fabricius' keen observations of science and economics makes this book an essential contribution to the early development of phytopathology.

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.

Biology, Detection, and Management of Plant Pathogens in Irrigation Water

Biology, Detection, and Management of Plant Pathogens in Irrigation Water

Edited by Chuanxue Hong, Gary W. Moorman, Walter Wohanka, and Carmen Büttner

This book compiles information on pathogens found in irrigation water. Scientific and applied information make it ideal for scientists and practitioners working on farms, nurseries, and other crop-based systems using irrigation.

Compendium of Alfalfa Diseases and Pests, Third Edition

Compendium of Alfalfa Diseases and Pests, Third Edition

Edited by Deborah A. Samac, Landon H. Rhodes, and William O. Lamp

The highly-anticipated Alfalfa Compendium is completely updated, including five new diseases, new coverage of pests, and more than 250 new color photographs in an attractive, easy-to-use new format.

Compendium of Apple and Pear Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Compendium of Apple and Pear Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Edited by Turner B. Sutton, Herb S. Aldwinckle, Arthur M. Agnello, and James F. Walgenbach

The most comprehensive compendium in the Series, this book contains 11 new chapters and 343 color images for the diagnosis and treatment of apple and pear diseases/disorders.

Compendium of Bedding Plant Diseases and Pests

Compendium of Bedding Plant Diseases and Pests

By A. R. Chase, Margery L. Daughtrey, and Raymond A. Cloyd

This book summarizes all the latest research-based information about diseases, disorders, and arthropod pests of annuals grown as bedding plants.

Compendium of Beet Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Compendium of Beet Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Edited by Robert M. Harveson, Linda E. Hanson, and Gary L. Hein

A complete revision of the first edition and is updated and expanded to provide current and relevant beet (Beta vulgaris L.) production problems in one comprehensive volume.

Compendium of Blueberry, Cranberry, and Lingonberry Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Compendium of Blueberry, Cranberry, and Lingonberry Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Edited by James J. Polashock, Frank L. Caruso, Anne L. Averill, and Annemiek C. Schilder

This easy-to-use book provides the most current, practical information on the diagnosis and management of blueberry, cranberry, and lingonberry diseases, insect pests, and disorders.

Compendium of Chickpea and Lentil Diseases and Pests

Compendium of Chickpea and Lentil Diseases and Pests

Edited by Weidong Chen, Hari C. Sharma, and Fred J. Muehlbauer

The first comprehensive treatise of diseases and insect pests affecting two crops that play an important role in ensuring food and nutritional security to millions of people. It is the result of work of more than 80 expert scientists.

Compendium of Citrus Diseases, Second Edition

Compendium of Citrus Diseases, Second Edition

Edited by L.W. Timmer, S.M. Garnsey, and J.H. Graham

Highly recommended for all college and university libraries that have plant pathology departments and libraries, academic and public, in citrus growing regions.

Compendium of Coffee Diseases and Pests

Compendium of Coffee Diseases and Pests

Edited by Alvaro L. Gaitán, Marco A. Cristancho, Bertha L. Castro Caicedo, Carlos A. Rivillas, and Gabriel Cadena Gómez

This easy-to-use book provides the most current, practical information on the diagnosis and management of coffee diseases and pests worldwide.

Compendium of Conifer Diseases, Second Edition

Compendium of Conifer Diseases, Second Edition

Edited by Everett M. Hansen, Kathy J. Lewis, and Gary A. Chastagner

This new edition will be a trusted resource for a wide range of forestry students and professionals.

Compendium of Corn Diseases, Fourth Edition

Compendium of Corn Diseases, Fourth Edition

Edited by Gary P. Munkvold and Donald G. White

This easy-to-use book provides the most current, practical information on the diagnosis and management of corn diseases.

Compendium of Cucurbit Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Compendium of Cucurbit Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Edited by A. P. Keinath, W. M. Wintermantel, and T. A. Zitter

This easy-to-use book provides the most current, practical information on the diagnosis and management of cucurbit diseases.

Compendium of Grape Diseases, Disorders, and Pests, Second Edition

Compendium of Grape Diseases, Disorders, and Pests, Second Edition

Edited by Wayne F. Wilcox, Walter D. Gubler, and Jerry K. Uyemoto

Offers the latest research, management recommendations, and 375 images to help users diagnose and combat diseases, insect pests, and abiotic disorders found in grape vineyards worldwide.

Compendium of Lettuce Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Compendium of Lettuce Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Edited by Krishna V. Subbarao, R. Michael Davis, Robert L. Gilbertson, and Richard N. Raid

This easy-to-use book provides the most current, practical information on the diagnosis and management of lettuce diseases, insect pests, and disorders.

Compendium of Onion and Garlic Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Compendium of Onion and Garlic Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Edited by Howard F. Schwartz and S. Krishna Mohan

Provides an updated, comprehensive, authoritative, and modern account of onion and garlic diseases and insect pests. It covers over 75 diseases including infectious and noninfectious diseases.

Compendium of Pea Diseases and Pests, Third Edition

Compendium of Pea Diseases and Pests, Third Edition

Edited by Robert M. Harveson, Julie S. Pasche, Lyndon D. Porter, Weidong Chen, and Mary Burrows

Since publication of the second edition of Compendium of Pea Diseases and Pests almost two decades ago, pea production acreage has increased tremendously in response to rising consumer demands for healthy foods and sustainable production systems.

Compendium of Raspberry and Blackberry Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Compendium of Raspberry and Blackberry Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Edited by Robert R. Martin, Michael A. Ellis, Brian Williamson, and Roger N. Williams

This easy-to-use book provides the most current, practical information on the diagnosis and management of diseases, insect pests, and disorders of raspberry and blackberry plants.

Compendium of Rhododendron and Azalea Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Compendium of Rhododendron and Azalea Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Edited by Robert G. Linderman and D. Michael Benson

This comprehensive book provides images and the most current information available to quickly diagnose and treat infectious diseases, noninfectious disorders, and insect pests of rhododendron and azalea plants.

Compendium of Rice Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Compendium of Rice Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Edited by Richard D. Cartwright, Donald E. Groth, Yeshi A. Wamishe, Christopher A. Greer, Lee A. Calvert, Casiana M. Vera Cruz, Valérie Verdier, and M. O. Way

This easy-to-use book offers images and the latest practical information for diagnosis of diseases and pests.

Compendium of Soybean Diseases and Pests, Fifth Edition

Compendium of Soybean Diseases and Pests, Fifth Edition

Edited by Glen L. Hartman, John C. Rupe, Edward J. Sikora, Leslie L. Domier, Jeffrey A. Davis, and Kevin L. Steffey

This expanded fifth-edition guidebook for scientists and practitioners offers comprehensive information on soybean diseases, insect pests, and abiotic disorders.

Compendium of Strawberry Diseases, Second Edition

Compendium of Strawberry Diseases, Second Edition

Edited by J. L. Maas

Use this book to diagnose and treat diseases of strawberries. Contributions from world authorities include completely updated information on symptoms, epidemiology and management of many diseases and disorders.

Compendium of Sunflower Diseases and Pests

Compendium of Sunflower Diseases and Pests

Edited by Robert M. Harveson, Samuel G. Markell, Charles C. Block, and Thomas J. Gulya

This all-new disease and insect compendium for sunflower crops will serve as a vital field guide at universities, extension offices, diagnostic labs, farms, and even homes where sunflowers are grown.

Compendium of Sweetpotato Diseases, Pests, and Disorders, Second Edition

Compendium of Sweetpotato Diseases, Pests, and Disorders, Second Edition

Edited by Christopher A. Clark, Donald M. Ferrin, Tara P. Smith, and Gerald J. Holmes

An up-to-date comprehensive source of information on diseases, pests, and other problems that occur in the production, storage, and handling of sweetpotatoes, the world's seventh most important food crop.

Compendium of Tomato Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Compendium of Tomato Diseases and Pests, Second Edition

Edited by Jeffrey B. Jones, Thomas A. Zitter, Timur M. Momol, and Sally A. Miller

This colorful book allows users to quickly identify tomato diseases, disorders, and other pests for treatment. This new edition covers mites, insects, and "worm" pests, as well as 20 new tomato diseases and disorders.

Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases, Fourth Edition

Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases, Fourth Edition

Edited by Lane P. Tredway, Maria Tomaso-Peterson, James P. Kerns, and Bruce B. Clarke

Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases, Fourth Edition, is a thorough resource on turfgrass diseases, their pathogenic causes, and their effective management.

Compendium of Wheat Diseases and Pests, Third Edition

Compendium of Wheat Diseases and Pests, Third Edition

Edited by William W. Bockus, Robert L. Bowden, Robert M. Hunger, Wendell L. Morrill, Timothy D. Murray, and Richard W. Smiley

Twenty years of advances and new discoveries about wheat diseases are delivered in this new edition, making it the largest compendium ever in the 40-book series.

Cucumber Mosaic Virus

Cucumber Mosaic Virus

Edited by Peter Palukaitis and Fernando García-Arenal

CMV has the broadest host range of any virus, and among the 1,000-plus host plants it affects are economically important food crops such as tomato, pepper, and lettuce.

The Curly Top Disease of Sugarbeet and Other Plants, Monograph No. 7

The Curly Top Disease of Sugarbeet and Other Plants, Monograph No. 7

By C. W. Bennett

This monograph is organized into sections on these main topics pertaining to curly top disease: history and geographic distribution, host range, symptoms, economic importance, transmission, causal agent, and relationship of the virus to host plants.

Del Mal Del Segno

Del Mal Del Segno

By Agostino Bassi

In this 1835 book (translated from Italian), Agostino Bassi presents findings from his 25-year investigation of the silkworm disease muscardine and demonstrates that the disease is contagious and caused by a microscopic, parasitic fungus. A biography of Bassi is provided, as well.

Detection of Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria in Seed and Other Planting Material, Second Edition

Detection of Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria in Seed and Other Planting Material, Second Edition

Edited by M’Barek Fatmi, Ron R. Walcott, and Norman W. Schaad

Describes methods for detecting and diagnosing many of the world's most economically significant plant bacterial diseases found in vegetables, cereals, grain, legumes, grasses, and forages.

Discovery of Bordeaux Mixture

Discovery of Bordeaux Mixture

By Pierre M. A. Millardet

Covers the discovery and development of the Bordeaux mixture by Pierre Marie Alexis Millardet. This discovery was significant in the history of plant pathogen control.

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.

Dissertation on the Cause of the Corruption and Smutting of the Kernels of Wheat in the Head and on the Means of Preventing These Untoward Circumstances

Dissertation on the Cause of the Corruption and Smutting of the Kernels of Wheat in the Head and on the Means of Preventing These Untoward Circumstances

By Mathieu Tillet

This dissertation covers M. Mathieu du Tillet's use of experimental methods to solve problems in agronomy and improve farm practices.

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.

Early Papers on Tobacco Mosaic and Infectious Variegation

Early Papers on Tobacco Mosaic and Infectious Variegation

By Adolf Mayer, Dmitrii Ivanowski, Martinus W. Beijerinck, and Erwin Baur

Features four significant papers selected to represent the historical background of plant pathology. These papers individually and collectively have made a profound and lasting influence on subsequent virus research and reasoning.

Emerging Plant Diseases and Global Food Security

Emerging Plant Diseases and Global Food Security

Edited by Jean Beagle Ristaino and Angela Records

This book synthesizes developments in emerging plant disease biology and discusses innovative technologies and knowledge about the ecology, evolution, and management of emerging infectious diseases.

Essential Plant Pathology, Second Edition

Essential Plant Pathology, Second Edition

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

Essential Plant Pathology, Second Edition is completely updated with color throughout and includes more extras for students and professors alike.

Exercises in Plant Disease Epidemiology, Second Edition

Exercises in Plant Disease Epidemiology, Second Edition

Edited by Katherine L. Stevenson and Michael J. Jeger

Learn and practice the latest, most advanced methods for determining the spread and control of plant diseases with Exercises in Plant Disease Epidemiology, Second Edition.

A Farmer's Guide to Corn Diseases

A Farmer's Guide to Corn Diseases

Edited by Kiersten Wise, Daren Mueller, Adam Sisson, Damon Smith, Carl Bradley, and Alison Robertson

This book provides the images, tools, and non-technical guidance to help ag professionals accurately diagnose corn diseases and disorders found in the fields of the United States, Canada, and other countries where corn is grown.

A Farmer's Guide to Soybean Diseases

A Farmer's Guide to Soybean Diseases

Edited by Daren Mueller, Kiersten Wise, Adam Sisson, Damon Smith, Edward Sikora, Carl Bradley, and Alison Robertson

This book provides the images, tools, and non-technical guidance to help ag professionals accurately diagnose soybean diseases and disorders found in the fields of the United States, Canada, and other countries where soybean is grown.

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.

Fire Blight: History, Biology, and Management

Fire Blight: History, Biology, and Management

By Tom van der Zwet, Noemi Orolaza-Halbrendt, and Wolfgang Zeller

This comprehensive review of our scientific knowledge of fire blight, the oldest and most devastating bacterial disease of pomaceous fruit trees is a complete review of the topic.

The Fischer-Smith Controversy: Are There Bacterial Diseases of Plants?

The Fischer-Smith Controversy: Are There Bacterial Diseases of Plants?

By Alfred Fischer and Erwin F. Smith

This controversy has been hailed by some as a clash in which an infant American Plant Pathology rose up against the seasoned German Plant Pathology to prove that bacteria do, indeed, cause plant diseases.

Fungicide Resistance in North America, Second Edition

Fungicide Resistance in North America, Second Edition

Edited by Katherine L. Stevenson, Margaret T. McGrath, and Christian A. Wyenandt

This book is a complete update of the 1988 edition. It describes the current state of fungicide development and management of fungicide resistance in primary pathogens of important agricultural and horticultural crops.

Fungicides for Field Crops

Fungicides for Field Crops

Edited by Daren Mueller, Kiersten Wise, Nicholas Dufault, Carl Bradley, and Martin Chilvers

Provides an overview of the current knowledge of fungicides and their use on field crops. This comprehensive book combines past knowledge about fungicides with recent developments in the realm of field crop fungicides.

Fusarium Wilts of Greenhouse Vegetable and Ornamental Crops

Fusarium Wilts of Greenhouse Vegetable and Ornamental Crops

Edited by M. Lodovica Gullino, Jaacov Katan, and Angelo Garibaldi

This book provides a complete overview of fusarium wilt diseases in the Greenhouse environment and many of the most important hosts afflicted by them. A core resource for students, researchers, and extension professionals worldwide.

Genome-Enabled Analysis of Plant-Pathogen Interactions

Genome-Enabled Analysis of Plant-Pathogen Interactions

Edited by Thomas Wolpert, Tomonori Shiraishi, Alan Collmer, Kazuya Akimitsu, and Jane Glazebrook (Includes a Synopsis by Jan E. Leach and Shinji Tsuyumu)

This important new book updates and documents the recent progress on genome-enabled technologies that have enhanced, and will continue to refine, our understanding of how plants and microbes interact at the molecular level.

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.

The Identification of Fungi: An Illustrated Introduction with Keys, Glossary, and Guide to Literature

The Identification of Fungi: An Illustrated Introduction with Keys, Glossary, and Guide to Literature

By Frank M. Dugan

The one-stop resource for those who need to identify fungi—includes keys to classes, orders, and families; an illustrated glossary; hundreds of illustrations; and a guide to literature. More than 500 Illustrations!

Illustrated Dictionary of Mycology, Second Edition

Illustrated Dictionary of Mycology, Second Edition

By Miguel Ulloa and Richard T. Hanlin

One of the unique and exceptional features of this new edition is a complete list of 2,708 scientific names and color illustrations of all the fungi mentioned throughout the book.

Illustrated Generic Names of Fungi<BR> Etymology, Descriptions, Classifications, and References:<BR>Featuring More Than 1,000 Original Watercolors

Illustrated Generic Names of Fungi
Etymology, Descriptions, Classifications, and References:
Featuring More Than 1,000 Original Watercolors

By Miguel Ulloa and Elvira Aguirre-Acosta

Featuring 1,000-plus original watercolors and 1,700 descriptions of genera, Illustrated Generic Names of Fungi is a unique combination of scientific and artistic content and clearly distinct from the usual mycology texts.

Important Diseases of Forest Trees: Contributions to Mycology and Phytopathology for Botanists and Foresters

Important Diseases of Forest Trees: Contributions to Mycology and Phytopathology for Botanists and Foresters

By Robert Hartig

The first series of Dr. Hartig's pathological works.

Introducción a la Micología en los Trópicos

Introducción a la Micología en los Trópicos

By Meike Piepenbring

Introducción a la Micología en los Trópicos es una referencia clave que proporciona información crítica sobre todos los principales grupos de hongos encontrados a lo largo de las regiones tropicales del mundo.

Introduction to Mycology in the Tropics

Introduction to Mycology in the Tropics

By Meike Piepenbring

Introduction to Mycology in the Tropics is a key reference and textbook that provides critical information on all major groups of fungi found throughout the world's tropical regions.

Investigations of the Brand Fungi and the Diseases of Plants Caused by Them with Reference to Grain and Other Useful Plants

Investigations of the Brand Fungi and the Diseases of Plants Caused by Them with Reference to Grain and Other Useful Plants

By Anton de Bary

The first translation of Anton de Bary's "Untersuchungen über die Brandpilze", this book brings together convincing evidence that fungi are the causes of plant diseases and not the results.

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.

Laboratory Protocols for <i>Phytophthora</i> Species 
(Annual Online Subscription for Libraries, Companies, and Institutions)

Laboratory Protocols for Phytophthora Species (Annual Online Subscription for Libraries, Companies, and Institutions)

Edited by Kelly Ivors

Phytophthora Protocols is a fully online and continually updated resource that includes step-by-step instructions and images to ensure the accuracy and consistency of your Phytophthora research techniques.

Memoir on the Immediate Cause of Bunt or Smut of Wheat, and Several Other Diseases of Plants, and on the Preventatives of Bunt

Memoir on the Immediate Cause of Bunt or Smut of Wheat, and Several Other Diseases of Plants, and on the Preventatives of Bunt

By Bénédict Prévost

This title establishes fundamental scientific ideas and lays the foundation for the theory of germ disease. It is recognized as one of the most significant works in the field of biology.

Observations on the Rust of Grain

Observations on the Rust of Grain

By Felice Fontana

This book documents one of the earliest contributions to the true causal nature of the stem rust of wheat.

Observations, Botanical and Physiological, on the Potato Murrain

Observations, Botanical and Physiological, on the Potato Murrain

By Miles Joseph Berkeley

In this classic paper, M.J. Berkeley studies the disease which affected potatoes during the fall of 1845 and vegetable pathology.

Plant Bacteriology

Plant Bacteriology

By Clarence I. Kado

Provides fundamental knowledge every plant scientist and student of plant pathology should know, including important historical events that gave birth to the field as well as its recent advances. Serves as a comprehensive resource.

Plant Diseases and Their Management in Organic Agriculture

Plant Diseases and Their Management in Organic Agriculture

Edited by Maria R. Finckh, Ariena H. C. van Bruggen, and Lucius Tamm

The first comprehensive, globally-focused book that fully addresses the systems approach to organic plant disease management. A must for researchers, students, and practitioners in organic agriculture!

Plant-Pathogenic <em>Acidovorax</em> Species

Plant-Pathogenic Acidovorax Species

By Saul Burdman and Ronald R. Walcott

This book provides an up-to-date overview of plant diseases caused by Acidovorax species, addressing taxonomy, epidemiology, diagnosis, and management.

Plasmodiophora Brassicae - The Cause of the Cabbage Hernia

Plasmodiophora Brassicae - The Cause of the Cabbage Hernia

By Michael Stephanovitch Woronin

This book is a translation of Michaell Woronin's paper on the cause and methods for control of club root. This widespread disease caused severe losses to the vegetable gardens of Russia during Woronin's lifetime.

Population Biology of Plant Pathogens: Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution

Population Biology of Plant Pathogens: Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution

By Michael G. Milgroom

An interpretative guide through the evolution of plant pathogens. In detail, it covers population genetics, population biology, and their applications in agriculture for students and researchers.

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.

A Practical Guide to Turfgrass Fungicides, Second Edition

A Practical Guide to Turfgrass Fungicides, Second Edition

By Richard Latin

This book is a current, comprehensive, and hands-on resource focused specifically on the fungicides used for disease control on turfgrass.

Compendium of Cannabis Diseases

Compendium of Cannabis Diseases

Edited by N. W. Gauthier and L. D. Thiessen

Cannabis use goes back as far as 10,000 years, based on the archeological discovery of hemp cloth and rope and the documentation of medicinal plants and texts, but since the early twentieth century , cannabis use for medicinal and intoxicant purposes has been highly regulated worldwide. Researchers therefore have had limited legal flexibility in working on cannabis, despite the availability of sophisticated means for pathogen identification.

The Rice Blast Fungus and Allied Species: A Monograph of the Fungal Order <em>Magnaporthales</em>

The Rice Blast Fungus and Allied Species: A Monograph of the Fungal Order Magnaporthales

By Jing Luo and Ning Zhang

This is the first comprehensive monograph for the order Magnaporthales, which includes the most economically and ecologically important cereal and grass pathogens.

Soil Solarization: Theory and Practice

Soil Solarization: Theory and Practice

Edited by Abraham Gamliel and Jaacov Katan

This book describes a novel and simple use of solar energy, to control soilborne pests, to maintain a healthy crop and to preserve a healthy environment.

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.

The Study of Plant Disease Epidemics

The Study of Plant Disease Epidemics

By Laurence V. Madden, Gareth Hughes, and Frank van den Bosch

Plant disease epidemics continue to impact a world increasingly concerned with the quantity and quality of food supply. This comprehensive manual that introduces readers to the essential principles of plant disease epidemiology.

Tomato Health Management

Tomato Health Management

Edited by R. Michael Davis, Ken Pernezny, and Janet C. Broome

Draws together the essential information needed for the healthy production of both fresh-market and processing tomatoes.

True Nature, Causes and Sad Effects of the Rust, the Bunt, the Smut, and other Maladies of Wheat, and of Oats in the Field

True Nature, Causes and Sad Effects of the Rust, the Bunt, the Smut, and other Maladies of Wheat, and of Oats in the Field

By Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti

This essay covers parasitic diseases of plants, and is considered to be the first treatise on plant pathology.

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.

Vector-Mediated Transmission of Plant Pathogens

Vector-Mediated Transmission of Plant Pathogens

Edited by Judith K. Brown

Unravel the complexities behind pathogen-vector interactions at the mechanistic, biochemical, cellular-tissue-organ, and functional genomics levels.

Virulence Mechanisms of Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria

Virulence Mechanisms of Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria

Edited by Nian Wang, Jeffrey B. Jones, George W. Sundin, Frank White, Saskia Hogenhout, Caroline Roper, Leonardo De La Fuente, and Jong Hyun Ham

This book, ideal for students and researchers, reviews individual virulence traits and how each pathogen uses different traits to cause some of the most important bacterial diseases in agriculture today.

Virus and Virus-Like Diseases of Pome and Stone Fruits

Virus and Virus-Like Diseases of Pome and Stone Fruits

Edited by Ahmed Hadidi, Marina Barba, Thierry Candresse, and Wilhelm Jelkmann

New reference presents state-of-the-art biological, molecular, and immunological advances surrounding the causes and strategies for diagnosing and controlling virus diseases of stone fruits.

Viruses in Vectors: Transovarial Passage and Retention

Viruses in Vectors: Transovarial Passage and Retention

By Hirotaro Ando, Teikichi Fukushi, and Harold Haydon Storey