Plant Pathology and Plant Pathogens

📖 The Scoop

This established textbook continues to provide a comprehensiveintroduction to plant diseases and the bacterial, fungal and viralagents that cause them. Aimed at undergraduate students in both thebiological and agricultural sciences, the book covers all aspectsof plant pathology, from a description of the diseased plant andthe varius pathogens, to the way in which disease epidemics arecaused and are controlled. This new edition has been extensivelyrevised to reflect recent advances in our understanding of theintractions between host and pathogens at both the molecular andcellular levels, highlighting the impact of molecular genetictechniques on the analysis of host specificity, pathogenecity andresistance to infection. New chapters on chemical, cultural andintegrated approaches to disease control discuss the topical issuesof disease management.

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• A thoroughly revised edition of a popular, classic textauthored by a leading expert in the field.
  
• Contains new chapters on disease assessment and diseasemanagement.
  
• Competetively priced.

Genre: Science / Life Sciences / Botany (fancy, right?)