By Laurence V. Madden, Gareth Hughes, and Frank van den Bosch
“…provides a substantial amount of information…well-written and readable, quite
pleasing considering the complexity of the subject…should be available in all
college, university, research laboratories and institutional libraries where
there are courses and research in plant pathology.” -- Fungal
Diversity
“Without any question this is an excellent treatise concerning such an important
subject as evaluation of occurrence of plant pathogens and estimation of
economic losses they cause in crop production. The authors and the APS Press
merit congratulations on providing the researchers and practitioners such an
excellent treatise concerning plant protection.” -- Journal of
Plant Protection Research
"The Study of Plant Disease Epidemics clearly and
cohesively synthesises many aspects of plant disease epidemiology from the
principles of disease intensity assessment to the various modeling approaches to
crop loss assessment. Its tone is instructional and would be of benefit to plant
pathologists wishing to augment their skills in plant disease epidemiology, or
for teachers of graduate/advanced level classes in plant disease epidemiology,
biological systems modeling, and disease management."
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-- Australasian Plant Pathology
Plant disease epidemics, caused by established and invasive pathogen species, continue to impact a world
increasingly concerned with the quantity and quality of its primary food supply.
The Study of Plant Disease Epidemicsis a comprehensive manual
that introduces readers to the essential principles and concepts of plant
disease epidemiology. This useful reference and textbook provides a detailed
exposition on how to describe, compare, analyze, and predict epidemics of plant
disease for the ultimate purposes of developing and testing control strategies
and tactics.
The authors have synthesized the
research advances from the last four decades, with a special emphasis on
research done in the last 15 years, to produce a useful framework for:
Measuring plant disease
Quantifying and modeling disease development in time and space
Quantifying patterns of disease and sampling for disease in populations
Determining decision thresholds for control interventions
Characterizing the relationship between disease development and crop loss
This new reference introduces acoherent theory of disease development in plant host populations over time
and space, coupled with detailed explanations of the components of diseases in
crops and forests. This theory demonstrates how different levels of mathematical
complexity can lead to unifying principles of disease invasion, persistence, and
rates of temporal increase and disease expansion from foci. In addition, the book shows how disease control strategies are intricately related to fundamental
population-biology parameters.
The information on modeling and
statistical analysis provides the needed tools and procedures for researchers to
help them properly measure and analyze collected epidemiological data and
maximize its value. The methods and principles described throughout the book
explain how to translate this valuable data and utilize it to make informed
disease management decisions.
The Study of Plant Disease
Epidemics
is the highly anticipated original work by three of the leading plant disease
epidemiologists of the last quarter century. This manual is an essential tool
intended for graduate students, researchers, and teachers of plant pathology, as
well as crop consultants and those in disease management positions. It will be
an excellent teaching tool for courses in Plant Disease Epidemiology, Plant
Disease Management, Invasive Species Risk Assessment, and Plant Pathogen
Ecology.
“…its completeness and
accessibility make it very well suited as a reference book. It is a great
companion to understanding the dense and abundant epidemiology literature.
Probably every plant pathologist should have this text, and any mycologist who
wants to keep a food in the world of plant epidemiology would find this book
quite useful.” -- Inoculum
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Plant Disease Epidemics
Some Concepts
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Epidemic versus epiphytotic
Some Historical Developments
Up to 1963
After 1963
Some conferences and books,
starting in 1963
Final thoughts on the review of historical developments
