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1 online resource (xxiii, 922 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
This fifth edition of the classic textbook in plant pathology outlines how to recognize, treat, and prevent plant diseases. It provides extensice coverage of abiotic, fungal, viral, bacterial, nematode and other plant diseases and their associated epidemiology. It also covers the genetics of resistance and modern management on plant disease. Plant Pathology, 5th Edition, is the most comprehensive resource and textbook that professionals, faculty and students can consult for well-organized, essential information. This thoroughly revised edition is 45% larger, covering new discoveries and developments in plant pathology and enhanced by hundreds of new color photographs and illustrations. * The latest information on molecular techniques and biological control in plant diseases * Comprehensive in coverage * Numerous excellent diagrams and photographs * A large variety of disease examples for instructors to choose for their course.
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Photo credits -- About the Author -- part one: GENERAL ASPECTS -- chapter one: INTRODUCTION -- Prologue: The Issues -- Plants and Disease -- History of Plant Pathology and Early Significant Plant Diseases -- Losses Caused by Plant Diseases -- Plant Pathology in the 20th Century -- Plant Pathology Today and Future Directions -- Aspects of Applied Plant Pathology -- Worldwide Development of Plant Pathology as a Profession -- Plant Pathology's Contribution to Crops and Society -- Basic Procedures in the Diagnosis of Plant Diseases -- chapter two: PARASITISM AND DISEASE DEVELOPMENT -- Parasitism and Pathogenicity -- Host Range of Pathogens -- Development of Disease in Plants -- Stages in the Development of Disease: The Disease Cycle -- Relationships between Disease Cycles and Epidemics -- chapter three: EFFECTS OF PATHOGENS ON PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS -- Effects of Pathogens on Photosynthesis -- Effect of Pathogens on Translocation of Water and Nutrients in the Host Plant -- Interference with the Translocation of Organic Nutrients through the Phloem -- Effect of Pathogens on Host Plant Respiration -- Effect of Pathogens on Permeability of Cell Membranes -- Effects of Pathogens on Transcription and Translation -- Effect of Pathogens on Plant Growth -- Effect of Pathogens on Plant Reproduction -- chapter four: GENETICS OF PLANT DISEASE -- Introduction -- Genetics of Virulence in Pathogens and of Resistance in Host Plants -- Breeding of Resistant Varieties -- Natural Variability in Plants -- Breeding and Variability in Plants -- Breeding for Disease Resistance -- Sources of Genes for Resistance -- Techniques Used in Classical Breeding for Disease Resistance -- Seed, Pedigree, and Recurrent Selection -- Breeding for Resistance Tissue Culture and Genetic Engineering Techniques -- chapter five: HOW PATHOGENS ATTACK PLANTS -- Mechanical Forces Exerted By Pathogens on Host Tissues -- Chemical Weapons of Pathogens -- chapter six: HOW PLANTS DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST PATHOGENS -- Whatever the Plant Defense or Resistance, It Is Controlled by Its Genes -- Preexisting Structural and Chemical Defenses -- Defense through Lack of Essential Factors -- Induced Structural and Biochemical Defenses -- Induced Structural Defenses -- Cytoplasmic Defense Reaction -- Cell Wall Defense Structures -- Induced Biochemical Defenses in: Non-Host Resistance -- In Partial, Quantitative (Polygenic, General, or Horizontal) Resistance -- Induced Biochemical Defenses in the Hypersensitive Response (R Gene) Resistance -- Detoxification of Pathogen Toxins by Plants -- Immunization of Plants against Pathogens -- Defense through Plantibodies -- Systemic Acquired Resistance -- Induction by Artificial Inoculation with Microbes or by Treatment with Chemicals -- Defense through Genetically Engineering Disease-Resistant Plants -- With Plant-Derived Genes -- With Pathogen-Derived Genes -- chapter seven: ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFECTIOUS PLANT DISEASE -- Effect of Temperature -- Effect of Moisture -- Effect of Wind -- Effect of Light -- Effect of Soil pH and Soil Structure -- Effect of Host-Plant Nutrition -- Effect of Herbicides -- Effect of Air Pollutants -- chapter eight: PLANT DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY -- The Elements.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, 2005