Global Perspectives on the Health of Seeds and Plant Propagation Material /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gullino, Maria Lodovica. (Editor), Munkvold, Gary. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Plant Pathology in the 21st Century ; 6
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  •  I. General aspects
  • 1. Seed Pathology Progress in Academia and Seed Industry
  • 2. Global Standards in Seed Health Testing
  • 3. Seed-borne pests and phytosanitary issues: the role of EPPO
  • 4. Seed-borne fungal pathogens of leafy vegetable crops
  • II. Detection
  • 5. Technical challenges for specific, sensitive detection of seed-borne bacterial pathogens
  • 6. Improved detection and monitoring of seed-borne fungal plant  pathogens in Europe
  • III. Seed treatments
  • 7. Benefits of chemical seed treatments on crop yield and quality
  • 8. Non-chemical Seed Treatment in the Control of Seed-borne Pathogens
  • 9. Chemical and non-chemical seed dressing for leafy vegetable crops.