Compendium Of Sorghum Diseases

As useful to growers and crop consultants as they are to researchers, these practical guidebooks offer convenient help in identifying, controlling, and preventing the diseases of major crop plants. Each volume features: -- Full-color photographs to help you quickly match symptoms with diseases -- Descriptions of symptoms, causes, cycles, and control practices -- Authoritative knowledge from leading plant scientists -- Discussion of major pathogens, including bacteria, fungi, nematodes, and insects More than 90 plant pathology experts have collaborated to update one of the most popular APS Press Compendia of all time. Compendium of Corn Diseases, Third Edition is completely rewritten and includes more than twice the information as the previous edition.

This work is based on the Mexico 2000 meeting under the auspices of ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics) and INTSORMIL (International Sorghum and Millet Collaborative Research Support Program). Sorghum and millet are very important agronomic crops in many parts of the world, specifically in the semi-arid regions in warm areas. The crops are of great significance in supplying food and feed in the developing areas of Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Specialists from around the world provide a basic diagnostic tool for identifying diseases of the grain and related problems that anyone with a technical background in plant disease diagnosis should be able to use. They cover the many biotic and the few abiotic diseases, beneficial microorganisms, insect pests, and methods of control. Color photographs show clearly the symptoms. The extensive glossary does not indicate pronunciations. The first edition appeared in 1986. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Provides a thorough, updated (last edition, 1982), international treatment of barley diseases, written to assist those who deal with barley production problems, including growers, county extension agents, malting and brewing company field personnel, and insurance adjusters, as well as agronomists and plant pathologists. Includes a glossary and some 150 small but detailed color plates. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Compendium of Cotton Diseases, Second Edition provides practical, up-to-date information on the diagnosis and control of cotton diseases worldwide. This new edition begins with an overview of the origin and evolution of cultivated cotton and a description of the growth and development of the plant, which is fundamental in disease diagnosis and effective management strategies. Expanded disease sections include detailed pathogen descriptions, characteristic symptoms that occur, the disease cycle, and control information. Includes twice as many color photographs as the first edition.Additional improvements include:-greater attention to noninfectious disorders, including nutritional disorders, herbicide injury and toxicity, and environmental stresses.-sections on common disease interactions, host plant resistance to pathogens, and general principles of disease management in integrated production systems.

Contributed articles.

Cotton diseases - general concepts. Infectious (biotic) diseases. Deterioration of planting seed. Seedling disease complex. Boll rots. Bacterial blight. Leaf spots. Anthracnose. Escobilla (witches'broon). Areolate mildew. Powdery mildews. Southwestern cotton rust. Tropical rust. Fusarium wilt-nematode complex. Verticilllum wilt. Phymatotrichum root rot. Black root rot. Sclerotium stem and root rot. Charcoal rot. Nematodes. Viruses and mycoplasmalike organisms. Rhizoplane and rhizozphere microfloras. Endomycorrhizae. Noninfectious (abiotic) diseases. Nutrient deficiencies. Chemical injury. Other nonparasitic disorders. Theory and practice of breeding for disease resistance. Crop management for disease control. Guide to the identification of diseases in the field.