Introduction to Plant Diseases Identification and Management - Lucas, George B.; Campbell, Lee.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1992)
1 Agriculture, Plant Diseases, and Human Affairs -- The Study of Plant Diseases -- Plant Disease Losses -- Effects of Modern Agriculture on Plant Diseases -- What Is a Plant Disease? -- Recognizing Plant Diseases -- Management of Plant Pests -- 2 Causes of Plant Diseases -- Infectious Plant Diseases -- Disease Complexes -- Noninfectious Plant Diseases -- Names of Pathogens and Diseases -- 3 History of Plant Pathology -- In Ancient Times -- From 1600 to 1800 -- The Golden Age of Biology, 1840 to 1900 -- The Twentieth Century -- 4 Development of Plant Diseases -- The Occurrence of Plant Disease -- The Disease Cycle -- Environmental Effects on Disease Development -- Epidemiology of Plant Diseases -- 5 Integrated Pest Management -- Evolution of Pest Management Practices -- Low Input Sustainable Agriculture (LISA) -- The IPM Concept -- Economic Thresholds -- Sources of Information -- 6 Management of Plant Diseases -- Avoidance of the Pathogen by Exclusion and Evasion -- Eradication of Pathogens -- Reduction of Inoculum -- Adjustment of the Environment -- Biological Control -- Disease-Resistant Cultivars -- Certified Seed and Seed Storage -- Summary -- 7 Chemical Management of Plant Diseases -- How Pesticides Work -- Names of Pest Management Chemicals -- Pesticide Safety -- Pesticide Formulations -- Soil Treatment -- Seed Treatment -- Postharvest Treatment -- Treatment of Growing Plants -- Pesticide Sprayers and Dusters -- Spray Equipment Parts -- Pesticide Application Guidelines -- Cleaning and Storing Equipment -- Calibration of Equipment -- Forecasting Plant Diseases as an Aid to Pesticide Scheduling -- Protecting the Environment -- Summary -- 8 Biotechnology -- Vegetative Propagation -- Regeneration of Plants from Cells -- Transplanting DNA from One Cell to Another -- Citizen Concerns and the Need for Biotechnology -- 9 Nematodes -- General Nature and Importance -- Size, Distribution, and Anatomy -- Feeding Behavior and Plant Injury -- Life History, Reproduction, and Dispersal -- Enemies of Nematodes -- Environmental Effects on Nematode Survival -- Nematodes and Other Diseases -- Management -- 10 Diseases Caused by Nematodes -- Root-Knot Nematodes -- Cyst Nematodes -- Lesion Nematodes -- Stem and Bulb Nematodes -- Stubby-Root Nematodes -- 11 Fungi -- General Nature and Importance -- Growth, Reproduction, and Classification -- Distribution and Dispersal -- 12 Diseases Caused by Soilborne Fungi -- Phytophthora Root Rots -- Damping-off -- Rhizoctonia Rots -- Fusarium Root Rots, Yellows, and Wilts -- Verticillium Wilts -- Southern Blight -- Crown and Stem Rots and Watery Soft Rots -- Cylindrocladium Black Rot -- 13 Diseases Caused by Airborne Fungi -- Rusts -- Smuts -- Downy Mildews -- Powdery Mildews -- Ergot -- Blast of Rice -- Gray Mold or Botrytis Blight -- Cercospora Leaf Spots -- Helminthosporium Leaf Spots -- Alternaria Leaf Spots -- Anthracnose -- Apple Scab -- Rhizopus Soft Rot -- 14 Fungal Diseases of Shade and Forest Trees and Decay in Wood -- Chestnut Blight -- Dutch Elm Disease -- Oak Wilt -- Annosus Root and Butt Rot -- Fusiform Rust -- Dogweed Anthracnose -- Little Leaf of Pine -- Wood Decay in Buildings -- 15 Bacteria -- Size and Structure -- Identifying Bacteria -- Growth and Reproduction -- Distribution and Dispersal -- Managing Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria -- 16 Diseases Caused by Bacteria and Mycoplasmas -- Bacterial Wilt -- Fire Blight of Apple and Pear -- Soft Rots -- Bacterial Wilt of Cucumbers -- Bacterial Canker of Tomato -- Bacterial Spot of Peach and Plum -- Crown Gall -- Mycoplasma Diseases -- 17 Viruses -- Discovering Plant Viruses -- Naming of Viruses -- Symptoms of Virus Diseases -- Properties and Morphology -- Identification and Detection -- Transmission -- Management -- 18 Diseases Caused by Viruses -- Tobacco Mosaic -- Vein Banding or Streak -- Tobacco Vein Mottle -- Tobacco Etch -- Tomato Spotted Wilt -- Cucumber Mosaic -- Barley Yellow Dwarf -- Soilborne Wheat Mosaic -- Maize Dwarf Mosaic and Maize Chlorotic Dwarf -- Viroid Diseases -- 19 Diseases Caused by Parasitic Plants -- Broomrapes -- Witchweed -- Mistletoes -- Dodder -- 20 Abiotic Agents -- Deficiencies and Toxicities -- Weather Extremes -- Abnormal Water Conditions -- Phytotoxic Chemicals -- Air Pollution -- Suggested Readings.
Keywords: Forestry; Plant physiology; Life sciences; Forestry; Plant Physiology; Life Sciences, general