By H. David Thurston SCROLL DOWN TO ORDER THIS TITLE. This book incorporates several new developments since the publication of the first edition. Use this reference as a guide to to identification and control of tropical plant diseases. Up-to-date information tropical plant diseases including special emphasis on molecular biology, genetic engineering, and integrated pest management is featured in the second edition. Students, teachers, and plant scientists will actively consult this in-depth tropical plant disease reference for information on diseases of plants that occur in tropical regions, as a source to several other tropical plant disease resources, and as a complementary book to other plant pathology textbooks. 1998; 8 1/2" x 11" softcover; 208 pages; 63 black and white photographs; ISBN 0-89054-196-5; (2 pounds) Table of Contents The Tropics; Farming in the Tropics; The Importance of Tropical Plant Diseases; Rice; Rice Blast; Rice Hoja Blanca Disease; Maize; Philippine Downy Mildew of Maize; Sorghum; Millets; Root and Tuber Crops; Cassava; African Cassava; Mosaic Disease; Sweet Potatoes; Yams; Food Grain Legumes; Common Bean; Web Blight of Beans; Soybeans; Peanuts; Cowpeas; Pigeonpeas; Mungbeans; Bananas and Plantains; Fusarial Wilt of Bananas; Moko Disease of Bananas; Coffee; Coffee Rust; Cacao; Monilia Pod Rot of Cacao; Tea; Tropical Fruits and Nuts; Citrus Canker; Sugarcane; Ratoon Stunting; Disease of Sugarcane; Vegetables; Oil Crops (Coconut); Red Ring Disease of Coconut; Oil Palm; Sesame; Rubber; South American Leaf Blight of Rubber; Fiber Crops; Cotton; Forages; Spices; Tobacco; Drug Crops; General Publications on Tropical Diseases; Agencies Concerned with Tropical Plant Diseases; Acronyms and Abbreviations |
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