TY - BOOK AU - Vidhyasekaran, P. TI - Concise encyclopedia of plant pathology SN - 9781560229421 U1 - 632.303 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Food Product Press KW - Plant diseases -- Encyclopedias KW - Agriculture KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Plant Sciences N1 - 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; -- 1 -- Birth and Development of Plant Pathology; CAUSAL ORGANISMS; -- 2 -- Bacteria; -- 3 -- Fungi, Including Chromista and Protozoa; -- 4 -- Parasitic Flagellate Protozoa; -- 5 -- Parasitic Green Algae; -- 6 -- Parasitic Higher Plants; -- 7 -- Parasitic Nematodes; -- 8 -- Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas; -- 9 -- Viroids; -- 10 -- Viruses. COMMON DISEASE SYMPTOMS, ASSESSMENT, AND DIAGNOSIS- 11 -- Common Disease Symptoms; -- 12 -- Crop Disease Assessment; -- 13 -- Crop Disease Diagnosis; CROP DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY; -- 14 -- Assessment of Disease Progress; -- 15 -- Factors Involved in Disease Increase; -- 16 -- Forecasting Models; CROP DISEASE MANAGEMENT; -- 17 -- Biological Control-Microbial Pesticides; -- 18 -- Biological Control-Mycorrhiza; -- 19 -- Breeding for Disease Resistance-Conventional Breeding; -- 20 -- Breeding for Disease Resistance-Genetic Engineering; -- 21 -- Breeding for Disease Resistance-In Vitro Selection. 22 -- Chemical Control-Bacterial Diseases- 23 -- Chemical Control-Fungal Diseases; -- 24 -- Chemical Control-Fungicide Application Equipment; -- 25 -- Chemical Control-Virus Diseases; -- 26 -- Cultural Methods; -- 27 -- Exclusion and Eradication; -- 28 -- Plant Activators; -- 29 -- Plant Extracts; CROP DISEASES; -- 30 -- Diseases of Major Cultivated Crops; HOST DEFENSE MECHANISMS; -- 31 -- Cell Wall Reinforcement; -- 32 -- Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins; -- 33 -- Lignin; -- 34 -- Pathogenesis-Related Proteins; -- 35 -- Phenolics; -- 36 -- Phytoalexins; PATHOGENESIS; -- 37 -- Physiology of Pathogenesis; Glossary ER -