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*Plant Pathogens and Plant Diseases* Edited by: JF Brown and HJ Ogle. Published: 1997

	A completely rewritten update of the 1980 textbook Plant Protection (edited by J.F. Brown) with an Australasian emphasis, including specific examples from Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, the Pacific Islands and elsewhere. The book is designed to give students and researchers a background in the principles of plant pathology and of managing plant diseases. The agents of disease and their methods of infection, survival and dispersal are described as well as the responses of plants to infection. Descriptions of the factors affecting the development of disease epidemics and methods for forecasting disease outbreaks and assessing the effects of disease on yield lead into a discussion of the strategies used to manage plant diseases. The final section contains descriptions of diseases caused by the various groups of pathogens. The text draws on the expertise of teachers and researchers from throughout Australia. A valuable text for students of plant pathology and a reference book for plant protectionists, agricultural consultants, farmers and others interested in plant diseases and their management. The text is endorsed by the Australasian Plant Pathology Society Inc.

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	Part I The agents that cause disease Plant pathology: an overview Plant-microbe symbioses Fungi as plant parastites: introduction Fungi with aseptate hyphae and no dikaryophase Fungi with septate hyphae and a dikaryophase Bacteria and phytoplasmas as plant parasites Viruses and viroids as agents of plant disease Nematodes as plant parasites Other biotic causes of diseases Abiotic diseases of plants Serological and molecular techniques to detect and identify plant pathogens Part II Survival and dispersal of plant parasites Survival and dispersal of plant parasites: general concepts Airborne inoculum Soil-borne inoculum Vector-borne inoculum Part III Infection processes, epidemiology and crop-loss assessment Infection processes Plant defenses against pathogens Factors affecting disease development Prediction of disease outbreaks Assessment of disease and effects on yield Biocontrol of weeds using plant pathogens Part IV Disease management Disease management: general concepts Disease management: exclusion, eradication and elimination Disease management: chemicals Disease management: cultural practices Disease management: resistant cultivars Disease management: biological control Part V Examples of specific plant disease and their control Fungal diseases and their control Bacterial and phytoplasma diseases and their control Virus and viroid diseases and their control Nematode diseases and their control Diseases in natural plant communities Postharvest diseases of fruit and vegetables Index Corrections

Contributors:

Dr Stephen J. Allen
Australian Cotton Research Institute

Dr John F. Brown
University of New England

Dr Lindy M. Coates
Queensland Department of Primary Industries

Dr Michele L. Dale
University of Queensland

Dr Karen S. Gibb
Northern Territory University

Dr Ken C. Goulter
University of Queensland

Professor Allen Kerr
University of Adelaide

Dr David B. Nehl
Australian Cotton Research Institute

Dr Greg I. Johnson
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

Dr Philip J. Keane
La Trobe University

Dr David I. Guest
University of Melbourne

Dr Helen J. Ogle
University of Queensland

Dr John W. Randles
University of Adelaide

Dr Julie M. Stanton
Queensland Department of Primary Industries

Dr Graham R. Stirling
Biological Crop Protection Pty Ltd

Dr A. Marcelle Stirling
Biological Crop Protection Pty Ltd

Dr David S. Teakle
University of Queensland