Field Manual of Diseases on Grasses and Native Plants

The Grasses and Native Plants manual is a reference manual on diseases which attack grasses, forage, native flowers, and weeds. The manual identifies various types of diseases which are known to invade these plants located throughout North, Central, and South America. The recordings include diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, viroids, phytoplasmas, and nematodes. Causal disease agents are described and illustrated in some cases and diseases and disease control measures are also discussed. A manual such as this is never finished since new reports of diseases are continuously reported.

List of contents

Preface.- Illustrations.- Disease Control and Management.- Host Plants and Their Diseases.- Headings Under Which Diseases Are Described.- List of Land-Grant Institutions and Agricultural Experiment Stations in the United States.- Glossary.

Summary

The Grasses and Native Plants manual is a reference manual on diseases which attack grasses, forage, native flowers, and weeds. The manual identifies various types of diseases which are known to invade these plants located throughout North, Central, and South America. The recordings include diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, viroids, phytoplasmas, and nematodes. Causal disease agents are described and illustrated in some cases and diseases and disease control measures are also discussed. A manual such as this is never finished since new reports of diseases are continuously reported.

Product details

• Authors: R Kenneth Horst, R. Kenneth Horst
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9789401781398
• ISBN: 978-94-0-178139-8
• No. of pages: 179
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 10 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 301 g
• Illustrations: IX, 179 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; B, Life Sciences, Botany, Agriculture, Life sciences: general issues, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Botany & plant sciences, Agricultural science, Life Sciences, general, Plant Science, Plant Sciences, Plant Pathology, Bacterial;Fungal;Nematode;Plant Disease;Viral