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Introduction to Plant Pathology

Richard Strange, University College London, UK

  

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“…a wonderful teaching resource…”
Dr. Sarah Gurr, Oxford University, UK

 

“This is an excellent book covering all the important
aspects of plant pathology from disease identification
to engineering of disease resistance.”
Dr. Gary Loake, Edinburgh University, UK
 
 
Introduction to Plant Pathology provides a comprehensive coverage of plant disease for plant science, plant pathology,
biology, forestry and agriculture students.

In the first chapter the author introduces the eleven types of organism that cause disease, ranging from higher plants to viroids, and describes examples of cash and staple crop diseases that have caused human catastrophes.

 

Other chapters cover serological and molecular techniques for the diagnosis of plant pathogens, epidemiology, methods for estimating disease severity and its effect on crop yields and techniques for limiting inoculum, including biological control.

 

Later chapters are concerned with colonisation of the plant and symptom development and the underlying biochemical and genetic factors that control these events.

Unique in several ways, this title includes:

·   Modern diagnostic techniques

·  Epidemiology and the measurement of disease severity

·  The biochemistry and molecular biology of plant disease

·  Control through cultural, biological, genetic and molecular techniques

·  A wealth of examples and applications including 16 pages of full colour photographs.

 

0-470-84972-X    464 + xvi pp.   October 2003         Hbk   £80.00              €125.00   $140.00

0-470-84973-8     464 + xvi pp.    October 2003     Pbk      £32.50      €49.90     $60.00

 

CONTENTS Preface, The Causal Agents of Plant Disease: Identity and Impact, The Detection and Diagnosis of Plant Pathogens and the Diseases They Cause, Epidemiology, The Measurement of Inoculum and Disease Severity and Their Effects on Crop Yields, Inoculum Control, Locating, Penetrating and Colonizing the Host, Subverting the Metabolism of the Host, Killing the Host: the Role of Toxins, The Plant Fights Back – 1. Constitutive Defence Mechanisms, The Genetics of Compatibility and Incompatibility, The Plant Fights Back – 2. Active Defence Mechanisms, Control of the Disease Process, Epilogue, Glossary, References, Index.