Edited by Howard F. Schwartz and S. Krishna Mohan NEW AND ON SALE! Save $15 when you buy the Companion Set! Compendium of Onion and Garlic Diseases and Pests, Second Edition provides an updated, comprehensive, authoritative, and modern account of onion and garlic diseases and insect pests. It covers over 75 diseases including infectious and noninfectious diseases. The new edition contains nearly 250 color photographs of onion and garlic disease symptoms with expert descriptions of the identifying characteristics of symptoms and their causal agents. In addition to disease coverage, the new edition identifies the crop’s most damaging pests, the symptoms they cause, and methods to control and prevent them. Disease management practices should be economical and must be compatible with the environment and the production system. Thus, many options for onion and garlic disease management are discussed. The description of each disease 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 may be consulted for further information. This compendium is designed to assist in the diagnosis of onion and garlic diseases and pests, in the field, laboratory, or diagnostic clinic, and to provide recommendations for management of onion and garlic diseases and pests. The 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 onion and garlic diseases throughout the world. CONTENTS Introduction Part I: Infectious/Biotic Diseases Diseases of Subterranean Parts Caused by Fungi and Oomycetes Pythium Seed Rot and Damping-Off Rhizoctonia Seed Rot and Seedling Diseases Fusarium Diseases Fusarium Damping-Off Fusarium Basal Rot Fusarium Basal Rot of Garlic Fusarium Bulb Rot of Onion and Garlic Embellisia Skin Blotch and Bulb Canker of Garlic Charcoal Rot Pink Root Sclerotinia Rot Southern Blight White Rot Diseases of Aerial Parts Caused by Fungi and Oomycetes Botrytis Diseases Botrytis Leaf Blight Scape Blight of Onion Flower and Capsule Blight of Onion Botrytis Rot of Garlic Downy Mildew Leaf Blotch Cercospora Leaf Spot Phyllosticta Leaf Blight Powdery Mildew Purple Blotch Rust Smut Stemphylium Leaf Blight and Stalk Rot Twister Diseases of Bulbs Caused by Fungi, Diseases Caused by Bacteria and Yeasts Neck Rot Brown Stain Other Botrytis Rots Black Mold Penicillium Decay of Garlic Blue Mold Diplodia Stain Mushy Rot Smudge Diseases Caused by Bacteria and Yeasts Xanthomonas Leaf Blight Leaf Streak and Bulb Rot Soft Rots Other Bacterial Soft Rots Slippery Skin Sour Skin Center Rot Bacterial Stalk and Leaf Necrosis Enterobacter Bulb Decay Other Bacterial Diseases Yeast Soft Rot Diseases Caused by Nematodes Stem and Bulb Nematode (Bloat) Lesion Nematode Root-Knot Nematode Stubby-Root Nematode Sting Nematode Needle Nematode Diseases Caused by Viruses and Phytoplasmas Onion Yellow Dwarf Garlic Mosaic Iris Yellow Spot Other Viral Diseases Aster Yellows (Phytoplasma) Parasitic Flowering Plants Dodder Part 2: Pests 2008; 8.5” x 11” softcover; 250 color illustrations (est.); 17 black and white illustrations (est.); ISBN 978-0-89054-357-3; (2 pounds); Item No. 43573 The latest addition to the Compendium Image Collection Series. A companion to the Compendium of Onion and Garlic Diseases and Pests, 2nd Edition, the new Onion and Garlic Diseases & Pests CD-Rom is part of the image collection series and contains all 250 color images (est.) and 17 black and white illustrations (est.) from the compendium. Use these high quality images in PowerPoint presentations and lecture handouts to provide unmistakably clear examples of the diseases of onion and garlic. Easily browse through images categorized by causal agent. Simply save images to your desktop and then paste into your PowerPoint presentation. Captions are included with images as well as in a separate text file for easy insertion into presentations and documents. Detailed diagnostic information on diseases and disorders can be found in the Compendium of Onion and Garlic Diseases and Pests, Second Edition along with step-by-step treatment methods. System Requirements: IBM Compatible PC with Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows NT, 640 x 480 SVGA capable of 65,536 colors. The Compendium and Personal Use CD-Rom are also available separately.
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