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Informationen zum Autor Barbara Pleasant has written about organic gardening and self-sufficient living for more than 30 years. Her books include Starter Vegetable Gardens, The Complete Compost Gardening Guide, The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual, The Gardener’s Bug Book, The Gardener’s Weed Book, and The Gardener’s Guide to Plant Diseases. Klappentext Become a Skilled Doctor of Plant Care! This easy-to-use reference fully explains more than 50 of the most common plant diseases -- where they occur, what they look like, what to do about them, and the long-term prognosis for the affected plants. Most important, gardening expert Barbara Pleasant recommends proven organic methods for controlling each disease.The Gardener's Guide to Plant Diseases features:-- Informal encyclopedia style, making information and answers very easy to find.-- Illustrations that show the techniques for distinguishing between look-alike symptoms of different diseases.-- Cross-referenced list of common vegetables and fruits and the diseases most apt to affect them.-- Loads of facts on symptoms and tips for detecting diseases (including those diseases that are often too small to see).-- Simple, inexpensive organic treatments to halt the spread of each disease and prevent its recurrence. Vorwort With this easy-to-use reference, you can easily identify and control more than 50 of the most common diseases that can afflict your garden. Zusammenfassung With this easy-to-use reference, you can easily identify and control more than 50 of the most common diseases that can afflict your garden. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1 The Gardener as Plant Physician: An Overview of Backyard Plant Pathology Chapter 2 Ailments from the Earth: Plant Pathogens that Live in Soil Chapter 3 Mobile Marauders: Airborne Pathogens that Persist in Host Plant Tissues Chapter 4 Blotches, Spots, and Specks: Leaf Spots and Other Foliar Diseases Chapter 5 Deadly Conspiracies: Insect-Vectored Bacterial Diseases Chapter 6 The Tiniest Terrors: Viruses and Their Vectors Chapter 7 Nightmare Nematodes: Root-knot, Lesion, and Other Nematodes Chapter 8 Great Masqueraders: Common Plant Problems that Resemble Diseases Chapter 9 What's Ailing My Garden? A Quick-Reference Table to Diseases Affecting Common Garden Crops IndeX...
