Plant pathology /
Agrios, George N. 1936-
Plant pathology / George N. Agrios - Fifth edition - xxiii, 922 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
General aspects --
Parasitism and disease development --
Effects of pathogens on plant physiological functions --
Genetics of plant disease --
How pathogens attack plants --
How plants defend themselves against pathogens --
Environmental effects on the development of plant disease --
Plant disease epidemiology --
Control of plant diseases --
Environmental factors that cause plant diseases --
Plant diseases caused by fungi --
Plant diseases caused by prokaryotes : bacteria and mollicutes --
Plant diseases caused by parasitic higher plants, invasive higher plants, and parasitic green plants --
Plant diseases caused by viruses --
Plant diseases caused by nematodes --
Plant diseases caused by flagellate protozoa.
This fifth edition of the classic textbook in plant pathology outlines how to recognize, treat, and prevent plant diseases. It provides extensive coverage of abiotic, fungal, viral, bacterial, nematode and other plant diseases and their associated epidemiology. It also covers the genetics of resistance and modern management on plant disease.
9780120445653 0120445654 0124732763
2004011924
Plant diseases
571.92
Plant pathology / George N. Agrios - Fifth edition - xxiii, 922 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
General aspects --
Parasitism and disease development --
Effects of pathogens on plant physiological functions --
Genetics of plant disease --
How pathogens attack plants --
How plants defend themselves against pathogens --
Environmental effects on the development of plant disease --
Plant disease epidemiology --
Control of plant diseases --
Environmental factors that cause plant diseases --
Plant diseases caused by fungi --
Plant diseases caused by prokaryotes : bacteria and mollicutes --
Plant diseases caused by parasitic higher plants, invasive higher plants, and parasitic green plants --
Plant diseases caused by viruses --
Plant diseases caused by nematodes --
Plant diseases caused by flagellate protozoa.
This fifth edition of the classic textbook in plant pathology outlines how to recognize, treat, and prevent plant diseases. It provides extensive coverage of abiotic, fungal, viral, bacterial, nematode and other plant diseases and their associated epidemiology. It also covers the genetics of resistance and modern management on plant disease.
9780120445653 0120445654 0124732763
2004011924
Plant diseases
571.92