Vidhyasekaran, P.,

Concise encyclopedia of plant pathology / Concise encyclopaedia of plant pathology P. Vidhyasekaran. - xviii, 619 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Birth and development of plant pathology -- Causal organisms -- Bacteria -- Fungi, including chromista and protozoa -- Parasitic flagellate protozoa -- Parasitic green algae -- Parasitic higher plants -- Parasitic nematodes -- Phytoplasmas and spiroplasmas -- Viroids -- Viruses -- Common disease symptoms, assessment, and diagnosis -- Common disease symptoms -- Crop disease assessment -- Crop disease diagnosis -- Crop disease epidemiology -- Assessment of disease progress -- Factors involved in disease increase -- Forecasting models -- Crop disease management -- Biological control - microbial pesticides -- Biological control - mycorrhiza -- Breeding for disease resistance - conventional breeding -- Breeding for disease resistance - genetic engineering -- Breeding for disease resistance - in vitro selection -- Chemical control - bacterial diseases -- Chemical control - fungal diseases -- Chemical control - fungicide application equipment -- Chemical control - virus diseases -- Cultural methods -- Exclusion and eradication -- Plant activators -- Plant extracts -- Crop Diseases -- Diseases of major cultivated crops -- Host defense mechanisms -- Cell wall reinforcement -- Hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins -- Lignin -- Pathogenesis-related proteins -- Phenolics -- Phytoalexins -- Phathogenesis -- Physiology of pathogenesis. Sally A. Miller -- Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Ch. 20. Ch. 21. Ch. 22. Ch. 23. Ch. 24. Ch. 25. Ch. 26. Ch. 27. Ch. 28. Ch. 29. Ch. 30. Ch. 31. Ch. 32. Ch. 33. Ch. 34. Ch. 35. Ch. 36. Ch. 37.

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