Field Manual of Diseases on Fruits and Vegetables

The Fruits and Vegetables manual is a reference manual on diseases which attack fruits (including berries), vegetables, and nuts. 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.

Sommario

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.

Riassunto

The Fruits and Vegetables manual is a reference manual on diseases which attack fruits (including berries), vegetables, and nuts. 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: R Kenneth Horst, R. Kenneth Horst
• Editore: Springer Netherlands
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9789400793859
• ISBN: 978-94-0-079385-9
• Pagine: 139
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 8 mm x 235 mm
• Peso: 236 g
• Illustrazioni: VIII, 139 p.
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Botanica; 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