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Zusatztext "? hugely impressive in its coverage! and also in the extensive use of over 900 high-quality colour images and diagrams to help the reader in their identification of diseases! such that I wanted to go out and look at some tomato plants to see what I could spot on them. ? provides an excellent and comprehensive guide to tomato diseases. The detail! both in the text and in the figures! diagrams and tables! is impressive and I am sure that the book will be an invaluable reference for those who need or want to know more about diseases of tomato and how best to manage them."-Matt Dickinson! University of Nottingham! UK! in Plant Pathology (2013) 62! 1193 Informationen zum Autor Dominique Blancard Klappentext Containing more than 900 color photos, this book consists of two main parts. The first is designed as a diagnostic tool, alerting them and the prioritization of differential diagnoses. The second part comprises numerous information sheets detailing the characteristics of most tomato pathogens, geographic distribution, impact on production, types of symptoms, and life history of the plant. This section also describes the range of plant protection and disease resistance measures currently available. Zusammenfassung Following the successful first edition, this revised edition of Tomato Dieases, contains 680 pages and 900 color photos and diagrams, covering every imaginable symptom, pest and disease affecting the tomato. This is the definitive work on the diseases and disorders of the tomato, a worldwide crop of significant economic importance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword (John Warner Scott), Acknowledgements, Introduction, How to use this book, The tomato plant and its culture, Diagnosis of parasitic and nonparasitic diseases, Principal characteristics of pathogenic agents and methods of control, Resistance to diseases and pests in tomato, Glossary, Main works of reference, Index
