This 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. It includes nearly 300 images and research-based management recommendations, allowing users to scout, identify, and manage a range of plant diseases and insect pests of sunflowers…whether they’re grown for food or décor!

The Compendium of Sunflower Diseases and Pests is organized into major parts that include Biotic Diseases, Insect Pests, Abiotic Diseases and Disorders, and Emerging Issues for Sunflower Production. The history of sunflower production and usage, as well as botany and breeding are also covered. It specifically features… 

• Color photographs to accurately identify sunflower disease symptoms, spores, insect pests, and disorders

• Worldwide distribution maps of various plant pathogens that affect sunflower production

• Images and descriptions of insect life cycles

• Descriptions of plant pathogens and their differences to introduce basic concepts of plant pathology

• An up-to-date appendix of common diseases and their scientific names

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• Field representatives and other experts at your organization

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Compendium of Sunflower Diseases and Pests (10 pack)

Introduction

History of Sunflower Use and Production

Native Americans
Leaving North America
Impact of World War II
Return to North America
Introduction of Hybrid Seed
Current Use and Production

Botany of the Sunflower Plant

Taxonomy
Genetics
Physical Characteristics
Growth Cycle
Sunflower Oil

Breeding of Sunflower Plants

Approaches to Breeding
Breeding for Disease Resistance
Additional Breeding Challenges

Part I. Biotic Diseases

Disease Development

Biotic Disease
Abiotic Disease

Pathogens of Sunflower

Fungi
Oomycetes
Bacteria
Phytoplasmas
Viruses
Nematodes
Parasitic Plants

Diseases Caused by Fungi and Oomycetes

Major Foliar Diseases

Alternaria Leaf Blight and Stem Spot
Downy Mildew
Powdery Mildew
Rust
Septoria Leaf Spot
White Rust
Other Rusts Caused by Puccinia, Uromyces, and Coleosporium spp.

Minor Foliar Diseases

Leaf Smut
Myrothecium Leaf Spot
Ramularia Leaf Spot

Root, Stem, and Stalk Rot Diseases

Charcoal Rot
Fusarium Stalk Rot
Phoma Black Stem
Phomopsis Stem Canker (Diaporthe/Phomopsis spp. Complex)
Phymatotrichopsis Root Rot
Phytophthora Stem/Collar Rot

Root and Basal Stem Rots

Diseases Caused by Rhizoctonia solani and Pythium spp.
Sclerotinia Stem Rot
Southern Blight

Head Rot Diseases

Alternaria Head Rot
Botrytis Head Rot
Rhizopus Head Rot
Sclerotinia Head Rot and Midstalk Rot

Wilt Diseases

Fusarium Wilt
Phialophora Yellows
Sclerotinia Root Rot, Basal Stalk Rot, and Wilt
Verticillium Wilt

Diseases Caused by Bacteria

Apical Chlorosis
Bacterial Leaf Spot
Bacterial Stalk and Head Rot
Bacterial Wilt
Crown Gall

Diseases Caused by Phytoplasmas

Aster Yellows
Sunflower Phyllody Phytoplasma

Diseases Caused by Parasitic Nematodes

Root-Knot Nematodes
Root-Lesion Nematodes
Other Nematodes

Diseases Caused by Viruses

Pelargonium Zonate Spot
Sunflower Chlorotic Mottle
Sunflower Mild Mosaic
Sunflower Mosaic
Sunflower Necrosis
Sunflower Ringspot

Disease Caused by a Parasitic Plant

Broomrape

Part II. Insect Pests

Head Feeders

Banded Sunflower Moth
Sunflower Bud Moth
Headclipping Weevil
Sunflower Midge
Sunflower Head Moth
Sunflower Receptacle Maggot
Sunflower Seed Maggot
Sunflower Seed Weevils

Sap Feeders

Aphids
Lygus Bugs

Defoliators

Palestriped Flea Beetle
Sunflower Beetle
Thistle Caterpillar (Painted Lady Butterfly)
Cutworms
Grasshoppers

Stem Borers

Dectes Stem Borer
Sunflower Maggot
Sunflower Stem Weevil

Part III. Abiotic Diseases and Disorders

Genetic Disorders
Environmental Damage and Disorders
Nutritional Disorders
Herbicide Injury

Part IV. Emerging Issues for Sunflower Production

Appearance and Distribution of New Pathogen Races

Rust Pathogen: Puccinia helianthi

Determination of Races
Distribution of Races

Downy Mildew Pathogen: Plasmopara halstedii

Determination of Races
Distribution of Races
Anticipating Race Changes

Fungicide Insensitivity in the Downy Mildew Pathogen

Determination of Fungicide Insensitivity
Fungicide Insensitivity of Plasmopara halstedii

FRAC Code 4 Fungicides
FRAC Code 11 Fungicides

Seedborne and Seed-Transmitted Diseases

Appendix
Glossary
Index