Modern plant pathology / contributors Dartanha Jose Soares et al. - New York, NY : Intelliz Press LLC, c2016. - xiii, 216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm.

includes index.

Gray mold of castor: a review -- Effect of nutrition and soil function on pathogens of tropical tree crops -- Taxonomic review of and development of a lucid key for Philippine cercosporoids and related fungi -- Taxonomy and pathology of togninia (Diaporthales) and Itsphaeoacremonium anamorphs -- Novel elicitors induce defense responses in cut flowers -- Functional identification of genes encoding effector in magnaporthe oryzae -- Molecular tools for detection of plant pathogenic fungi and fungicide resistance.

"Plant pathology is defined as the study of the organisms and environmental conditions that cause disease in plants, the mechanisms by which this occurs, the interactions between these causal agents and the plant, and the methods of managing or controlling plant disease. The text provides extensive coverage of abiotic, fungal, viral bacterial, nematode and other plant diseases and their associated epidemiology.

9781682511916


Plant diseases

SB731 / M72 2016