Wheat Diseases and Pests Companion Set
NEW from APS PRESS!
Edited
by William W. Bockus, Robert L. Bowden, Robert M. Hunger, Wendell L. Morrill,
Timothy D. Murray, and Richard W. Smiley
Gain access to the latest and most accurate information on wheat
diseases
and pests!
Compendium of Wheat Diseases and Pests, Third Edition
is the definitive publication on diseases of wheat, completely updated since the
previous edition published in 1987. Twenty years of advances and new discoveries
about wheat diseases are delivered in this new edition, making it the largest
compendium ever in the 40-book series.
More
than 70 contributing plant pathologists and entomologists, all experts in their
fields, have contributed to this authoritative compendium. A new section on
major insect and mite pests of wheat has been added to make this a truly
comprehensive reference. This new third edition is re-designed to be easier to
use than ever before. It incorporates 50% more images integrated with the
corresponding descriptions of disease symptoms, causes, life cycles, and control
practices.
Compendium of Wheat Diseases and Pests, Third Edition
is a must-have resource for anyone responsible for helping to ensure a healthy,
productive wheat crop, including growers, crop consultants, and agricultural
scientists from every discipline.
What’s New in this Third Edition?
- 32
new chapters – all chapters are up-to-date
- A
major section on insects and mites covers 16 of the most important to
control
- 88
more images than the previous edition – Nearly all images are new!
-
90% of the images are in color
- 70
authors writing chapters in their expertise area
©2010;
8.5” x 11” softcover; 184 pages est.; 269 images; ISBN 978-89054-385-6; (2
pounds); Item No. 43856
Contents
Introduction
Importance of Wheat
Wheat Production Losses
The Wheat Plant
Genetic Resources of Wheat
Diseases Caused by Bacteria
Aster Yellows
Bacterial Leaf Blight
Bacterial Mosaic
Bacterial Sheath Rot
Bacterial Streak and Black Chaff
Basal Glume Rot
Gumming
Pink Seed
Spike Blight
Stem Melanosis
Diseases Caused by Fungi and Fungus-Like Organisms
Alternaria Leaf Blight
Anthracnose
Ascochyta Leaf Spot
Aureobasidium Decay
Black Head Molds (Sooty Head Molds)
Black Point (Smudge)
Blast
Brown Root Rot
Cephalosporium Stripe
Common Root and Foot Rot and Associated Leaf and Seedling Diseases
Dilophospora Twist and Leaf Spot
Downy Mildew (Crazy Top)
Ergot
Eyespot (Strawbreaker Foot Rot)
Fusarium Head Blight (Scab)
Fusarium Root, Crown, and Foot Rots and Associated Seedling Diseases
Halo Spot
Mycotoxins
Phoma Spot
Platyspora Leaf Spot
Powdery Mildew
Pythium Root Rot
Rhizoctonia Root Rot
Ring Spot
Rusts
Leaf Rust
Stem Rust
Stripe Rust
Septoria tritici Blotch
Sharp Eyespot
Smuts
Common Bunt (Stinking Smut)
Dwarf Bunt
Flag Smut
Karnal Bunt
Loose Smut
Snow Molds
Pink Snow Mold
Sclerotinia Snow Mold (Snow Scald)
Snow Rot
Speckled Snow Mold (Typhula Blight)
Southern Blight (Sclerotium Base Rot, Sclerotium Wilt)
Stagonospora nodorum Blotch and Stagonospora avenae Blotch
Stem Scald (False Eyespot)
Storage Molds
Take-All
Tan Spot (Yellow Leaf Spot)
Tar Spot
Zoosporic Root Colonizers
Diseases Caused by Nematodes
Cyst Nematodes
Root-Gall Nematode
Root-Knot Nematodes
Root-Lesion Nematodes
Seed Gall Nematode
Stem Nematode
Stubby-Root Nematodes
Stunt Nematodes
Other Nematodes Associated with Wheat
Diseases Caused by Viruses and Viruslike Agents
Agropyron Mosaic
Barley Stripe Mosaic and Barley Yellow Stripe
Barley Yellow Dwarf
Barley Yellow Striate Mosaic
Brome Mosaic
Chloris Striate Mosaic (Australian Wheat Striate Mosaic)
Cocksfoot Mottle
European Wheat Striate Mosaic
Flame Chlorosis
High Plains Disease
Maize Streak
Northern Cereal Mosaic
Tenuivirus Diseases: Iranian Wheat Stripe and Rice Hoja Blanca
Wheat American Striate Mosaic
Wheat Dwarf
Wheat Soilborne Mosaic
Wheat Spindle Streak Mosaic (Wheat Yellow Mosaic)
Wheat Spot Mosaic
Wheat Streak Mosaic
Wheat Yellow Leaf
Winter Wheat (Russian) Mosaic
Yellow Head Disease
Other Viruses Infecting Wheat
Damage Caused by Insects and Mites
Armyworms and Cutworms (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Cereal Aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae)
Cereal Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Hessian Fly (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)
Mites Other Than Wheat Curl Mite
Stored-Grain Insects
Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
Wheat Curl Mite (Acari: Eriophyidae)
Wheat Jointworm (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae)
Wheat Stem Maggot (Diptera: Chloropidae)
Wheat Stem Sawfly (Hymenoptera: Cephidae)
Wheat Strawworm (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae)
White Grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and False Wireworm (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Other Pests and Disorders
Air Pollution Injuries Albinism
Birds
Chemical Injuries
Chloride- and Zinc-Deficient Leaf Spots
Cold Stress
Crinkle Joint (The Bends)
Hail Damage
Heat Stress
Mammals
Melanism (Pseudo–Black Chaff)
Nutrient Imbalances
Physiological Leaf Spots
Preharvest Sprouting
Soil Compaction
Soil pH
Water Stresses (Flooding and Drought)
Wind Damage (Lodging)
Witchweeds (Striga Species)
Yellow Berry
Glossary
Index
Wheat
Diseases and Pests Image CD
Wheat Diseases and Pests Image CD
is a companion to the book, Compendium of Wheat Diseases and Pests, Third Edition. This CD is a part of the image collection series and contains all
269 images from the compendium. Use these high quality images in PowerPoint™
presentations and lecture handouts to provide clear examples of diseases and
pests affecting wheat.
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 Wheat Diseases and Pests, Third Edition along with step-by-step treatment methods.
©2010;
Compatible with Mac and PC operating systems; (1 pound); ISBN 978-0-89054-386-3;
269 images
The
book and
CD are also available separately.
