Plant Pathologists' Pocketbook, 3rd Edition

Plant Pathologists' Pocketbook, 3rd Edition

Edited by J M Walker, CABI Bioscience, Egham, UK; J M Lennι, International CropsResearch Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India; S Waller

Pub Date: November 2001
Hardback
528 pages

Readership
Students and practitioners in plant pathology

Main Description
This essential handbook for advanced student and practising plant pathologists has been thoroughly reorganised and updated since publication of the second edition in 1983. New features include the rearrangement of topics to facilitate use, and 44 short succinct chapters, each providing valuable and practical information. There are several new chapter topics and five overall sections covering disease recognition and evaluation, causation, diagnosis and investigation as well as disease management and general techniques and information.

Reviews
"This book would be a worthwhile addition to university and state department libraries or as an update to personal libraries"
Australasian Plant Pathology Society Newsletter, June 2002

Main Contents
Part 1: Recognition and Evaluation of Plant Diseases
• Landmarks in Plant Pathology
• Some Major Plant Diseases
• Survey and Sampling
• Disease and Yield Loss Assessment
• Postharvest Diseases
• General Bibliography of Plant Pathology
• Bibliography of Crop and Plant Diseases
• Collection and Dispatch of Plant Material
Part 2: Causes of Plant Diseases
• Fungi as Plant Pathogens
• Bacteria and Plant Disease
• Virus Diseases
• Phytoplasmas as Plant Pathogens
• Plant Parasitic Nematodes
• Insects and Other Arthropod Pests
• Weeds
• Parasitic Higher Plants
• Non-infectious Disorders
• Air Pollution Effects and Injury
• Effects of Climate Change
Part 3: Disease Diagnosis and Investigation
• Detection and Isolation of Fungal and Bacterial Pathogens
• Microscopy
• Immunological Techniques
• Biochemical and Molecular Techniques
• Inoculation
• Epidemic Modelling and Disease Forecasting
• Design of Experiments
Part 4: Disease Management
• Plant Health and Quarantine
• Regional and Country Lists of Plant Diseases
• Seed Health
• Cultural Control
• Disease Resistance
• Fungicides
• The Application of Chemicals for Plant Disease Control
• Biological Control of Fungal Plant Pathogens
• Plant Pathogens for Biological Control of Weeds
Part 5: General Techniques and Information
• Safety in the Laboratory
• Culturing, Preservation and Maintenance of Fungi
• Mycological Media and Methods
• Photography
• Standards and Measurement
• Publication
• Electronic Databases and Information Technology in Plant Pathology
• Glossary
• Useful Addresses