NEW from APS PRESS! “Editors present a panoply of information to aid diagnosis of hop diseases and pests both in the field and lab, as well as expert advice on pest management. This volume conforms to the graphically pleasing compendia format and serves as a useful reference source for all individuals concerned with hop crop health.” -- IPMnet News "This compendium is a practical reference for academic teachers, commercial growers, and others interested in management of hop diseases and pests. An excellent description of pests, pathogens and nutrient deficiencies in hop plants are well illustrated with excellent photos. A list of 251 references, voluminous “Glossary” of useful technical and scientific terms, 153 excellent photos and detailed “Index” all facilitate use of this excellent book on hop diseases and pests which I strongly recommend to all agricultural libraries and to attention of plant protection specialists.” -- Journal of Plant Protection Research Click here for more reviews. Edited by Walter Mahaffee, Sarah Pethybridge, and David H. Gent Compendium of Hop Diseases and Pests is a comprehensive and authoritative account of diseases and pests of hop as well as numerous other disorders and injuries that impact this valuable specialty crop. This compendium is a practical reference for anyone interested in healthy, high-quality hop, which in addition to brewing, is showing promise for use in sugar processing and as a preservative in ethanol production and for its potential use as an antimicrobial additive in animal feed. More than 140 color images are presented with expert scientifically peer-reviewed descriptions of the identifying characteristics of disease and pest symptoms and their causal agents. This book also provides an overview of the taxonomy and botanical traits of the genus Humulus. It provides insight into cone uses and chemistry, methods for hop production, and an extensive list of hop cultivars and their characteristics. The description of each disease or pest includes a general account of its importance and world distribution, symptoms, causal organism or agent, disease cycle and epidemiology, management, and selected references. The references document the descriptions and provide resources for additional information. Compendium of Hop Diseases and Pests assists in the diagnosis of hop diseases and pests in the field, laboratory, or diagnostic clinic and provides recommendations for management of hop diseases and pests. This compendium will be useful to plant pathologists, entomologists, nematologists, crop production specialists, growers, diagnostic clinicians, students, regulatory agents, crop consultants, agribusiness representatives, educators, researchers, and others interested in the recognition or management of hop diseases and pests throughout the world. Benefits of Compendium of Hop Diseases and Pests: • Visually identify your problems that affect hop plants or cones with 147 color photographs of diseases, pests, and other disorders. • Coverage on most diseases and pests affecting hop throughout the world which is helpful when analyzing a new disease introduced to a specific region • A useful broad reference for home brewers particularly those interested growing their own hop. This compendium contains sections on hop taxonomy, chemistry, and production with an extensive listing of hop cultivars and their characters. • Identify growth abnormalities that are not caused by plant pathogens or insects with expert descriptions and color photographs of symptoms of nutrient disorders and plant injury. “…even amateur mycologists would find the text fairly easy to understand. The color images are high resolution and very helpful and informative, and an added bonus is the extensive glossary at the end…Compendium of Hop Diseases and Pests will be most useful to plant pathologists and those involved in commercial production of this specialty crop, but it may be enjoyed by the great many hobbyists, including home brewers, who are quickly getting into cultivating this interesting and useful plant.”-- FUNGI
Contents Cone Uses and Chemistry Hop Production Hop Cultivars and Breeding PART II: Infectious/Biotic Diseases Diseases Caused by Fungi and Oomycetes Alternaria Cone Disorder Armillaria Root Rot Ascochyta Leaf Spot Black Root Rot Cone Tip Blight Downy Mildew Fusarium Canker Gray Mold Powdery Mildew Red Crown Rot Septoria Leaf Spot Sclerotinia Wilt Sooty Mold Verticillium Wilt Fungal Diseases and Pathogens of Minor Importance Diseases Caused by Viruses and Viroids Apple fruit crinkle viroid Apple mosaic virus Arabis mosaic virus Carlaviruses (Hop mosaic, Hop latent, and American hop latent viruses) Humulus japonicus latent virus Hop latent viroid Hop stunt viroid Viruses of Minor Importance Diseases Caused by Nematodes Hop Cyst Nematode Other Nematodes Associated With Hop Diseases Caused by Bacteria and Phytoplasma Crinkle Disease Crown Gall Hop Shoot Proliferation (Phytoplasma) Bacterial Diseases of Minor Importance PART III: Arthropod Pests California Prionus Beetle Damson-Hop Aphid Garden Symphylan Hop Flea-Beetle Hop Looper and Other Lepidoptera Root Weevils Rosy Rustic Moth Two-Spotted Spider Mite Insect Pests of Minor Importance PART IV: Post-Harvest Disorders and Diseases Cone Early Maturity PART V: Non-Infectious Abiotic Disorders Nutrient Imbalances Environmental Stress Chemical Injury Heptachlor Wilt
Glossary
Index
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