Book ID: 70689
Brown, J. F. and H. J. Ogle (eds.)
Plant Pathogens and Plant Diseases. 1997. 140 figs. 556 p. Paperbd.
A textbook with emphasis on Australia. Designed to give a backgroundin the principles of plant pathology and managing plant diseases. Theagents of disease and their methods of infection, survival anddispersal are described as well as the responses of plants toinfection. Description of factors affecting the development of diseaseepidemics and methods for forecasting disease outbreaks and assessing the effects of disease on yield lead into discussion of thestrategies used to manage plant diseases.