Richard Strange

Introduction to Plant Pathology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a clearly written introduction to plant pathology. It includes integrated coverage of the molecular biology of plant disease, emphasizing the importance of plant diseases by showing how they can threaten crops. The first half of the book focuses on pathogens, with chapters ranging from methods of identification and quantitative analysis to the measurement of disease severity and its relation to yield and inoculum control. The second part of the book covers events that ensue when inoculum has not been successfully controlled and therefore deals with host-pathogen interactions, including chapters from the genetics of host pathogen relations to the role of phytotoxic compounds in disease.

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This invaluable resource introduces the eleven types of organism that cause plant disease, ranging from higher plants to viroids and describes examples of cash and staple crop diseases that have caused human catastrophes. Early 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. Later chapters are concerned with colonisation of the plant and symptom development and the underlying biochemical and genetic factors that control these events. Finally, the control of plant disease using a variety of techniques including genetic modification is discussed.
_ 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 full colour photographs

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 179mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 850g
• ISBN-13: 9780470849736
• ISBN-10: 0470849738
• Artikelnr.: 11415548

Autorenporträt

RICHARD STRANGE is Senior Lecturer in Plant Pathology at University College London and has a special interest in the plant disease problems of developing countries. He has written an earlier book Plant Disease Control: Towards Environmentally Acceptable Methods.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. The Causal Agents of Plant Disease: Identity and Impact. 2. The
Detection and Diagnosis of Plant Pathogens and the Diseases They Cause. 3.
Epidemiology. 4. The Measurement of Inoculum and Disease Severity and Their
Effect on Crop Yields. 5. Inoculum Control. 6. Locating, Penetrating and
Colonising the Host. 7. Subverting the Metabolism of the Host. 8. Killing
the Host--the Role of Toxins. 9. The Plant Fights Back--1. Constitutive
Defence Mechanisms. 10. The Genetics of Compatibility and Incompatibility.
11. The Plant Fights Back--2. Active Defence Mechanisms. 12. Control of the
Disease Process. Epilogue. Glossary. References. Index.

Rezensionen

"...is clearly written, comprehensive, and timely...a valuable addition to the literature on plant pathology..." (Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, vol. 51)

"...well composed with many figures...can be well recommended to students and young researchers..." (Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol 161, 2004)

"... provides a comprehensive coverage...illustrated by many examples.." (EPPO Reporting Service, 1st July 2004. No. 06)

"...excellent glossary and index...over 1000 references...I fully recommend its purchase..." (Plant Pathology, Vol. 53, No.5, October 2004)

"...recommended..." (Phytopathology, Vol 153 (126) 2005)