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Abstract:
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1. The Causal Agents of Plant Disease: Identity and Impact -- 2. The Detection and Diagnosis of Plant Pathogens and the Diseases They Cause -- 3. Epidemiology -- 4. The Measurement of Inoculum and Disease Severity and their Effects on Crop Yields -- 5. Inoculum Control -- 6. Locating, Penetrating and Colonizing the Host -- 7. Subverting the Metabolism of the Host -- 8. Killing the Host - the Role of Toxins -- 9. The Plant Fights Back - 1. Constitutive Defence Mechanisms -- 10. The Genetics of Compatibilit
"Introduction to Plant Pathology provides comprehensive coverage of plant disease for plant science, plant pathology, biology, forestry and agriculture students. This invaluable resource introduces the eleven types of organism that cause disease, ranging from higher plants to viroids and describes examples of cash and staple crop diseases that have caused human catastrophes. Other chapters cover serological and molecular techniques for the diagnosis of plant pathogens, epidemiology, methods for estimating
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