Vidhyasekaran, P.
Concise encyclopedia of plant pathology/
P. Vidhyasekaran.
- New York: Food Product Press, 2004.
- xviii, 619 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
Pre-publication REVIEWS, COMMENTARIES, EVALUATIONS . . .; NOTES FOR PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY USERS; CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION NOTES; FOOD PRODUCTS PRESS®; Publication and Copyright Information; Table of Contents; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Foreword; Preface; --
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Birth and Development of Plant Pathology; CAUSAL ORGANISMS; --
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Bacteria; --
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Fungi, Including Chromista and Protozoa; --
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Parasitic Flagellate Protozoa; --
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Parasitic Green Algae; --
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Parasitic Higher Plants; --
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Parasitic Nematodes; --
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Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas; --
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Viroids; --
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Viruses. COMMON DISEASE SYMPTOMS, ASSESSMENT, AND DIAGNOSIS- 11 --
Common Disease Symptoms; --
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Crop Disease Assessment; --
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Crop Disease Diagnosis; CROP DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY; --
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Assessment of Disease Progress; --
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Factors Involved in Disease Increase; --
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Forecasting Models; CROP DISEASE MANAGEMENT; --
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Biological Control-Microbial Pesticides; --
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Biological Control-Mycorrhiza; --
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Breeding for Disease Resistance-Conventional Breeding; --
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Breeding for Disease Resistance-Genetic Engineering; --
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Breeding for Disease Resistance-In Vitro Selection. 22 --
Chemical Control-Bacterial Diseases- 23 --
Chemical Control-Fungal Diseases; --
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Chemical Control-Fungicide Application Equipment; --
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Chemical Control-Virus Diseases; --
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Cultural Methods; --
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Exclusion and Eradication; --
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Plant Activators; --
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Plant Extracts; CROP DISEASES; --
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Diseases of Major Cultivated Crops; HOST DEFENSE MECHANISMS; --
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Cell Wall Reinforcement; --
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Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins; --
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Lignin; --
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Pathogenesis-Related Proteins; --
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Phenolics; --
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Phytoalexins; PATHOGENESIS; --
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Physiology of Pathogenesis; Glossary.
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