Principles of Diagnostic Techniques in Plant Pathology. 1993. 24 col.pls. tabs. figs. VIII,213 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

The correct diagnosis of a plant disease is an essential prerequisiteof its successful control. Diagnostic methods today include a number oftraditional techniques such as direct observation or microscopy, as wellas more recently developed procedures such as those based onimmunological or nucleic acid analysis. This book provides a textreviewing the principles of all these techniques that will be suitablefor advanced students of plant pathology who already have some basicbackground in the subject. The theories behind the methods are described and illustrated with numerous examples of plant diseasescaused by fungi, bacteria and viruses, and the strengths andlimitations of different techniques are compared.