Cryptogamic Plants of the USSR, Vol. 4 PDF Download

Author: Botanicheskii Institut Im; V. Komarova
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ISBN: 9781330456170
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 532

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Excerpt from Cryptogamic Plants of the USSR, Vol. 4: Flora Sporovykh Rastenii Sssr This book describes 180 species of rust fungi of the family Melampsoraceae. Among them is a considerable number of species which cause harm in agriculture and forestry. The book can serve as a reference source for the identification of rust fungi and for measures to combat them. Investigations on rust fungi were begun in 1938 by V. G. Tranzschel, while his well-known "Obzor rzhavchinnykh gribov SSSR" (Conspectus Uredinalium URSS) was still being printed. The publication of this work facilitated preparation of the present book. According to the plan proposed by V. G. Tranzschel, description of the rust fungi included a sufficiently detailed description of species, references to pertinent literature, synonyms, data on biological properties, and a list of host plants with indication of their distribution according to regions corresponding to those listed in "Flora of the USSR," published by the Institute of Botany of AN SSSR [the Academy of Sciences of the USSR], or a catalog listing major locations. Unlike "Flora of the USSR," description of the species included a complete list of synonyms. The synonyms reflect the history of the investigated fungus, its morphology, the frequency of finds, and its relation to other species; often they reflect the opinion of the investigator. This can be illustrated by the list of synonyms to Puccinia graminis Pers., Coleosporium campanulae (Pers.) Lev., Milesia scolopendrii (Fuck.) Arth., or indeed to any rust fungus which has many synonyms. For example, the existence of such synonyms for Milesia scolopendrii as Ascospora scolopendrii Fuck. (1873) and Gloeosporium nicolai Aggeri (1935) clearly indicates the outward appearance of the damage, which is uncharacteristic for the Uredinales, as well as the investigator's methods of work. The taxonomic part of this book is prefaced by a short historical outline of the investigations of rust fungi, by a general part, and by a bibliography on the rust fungi of the USSR. The bibliography includes mainly works of Russian authors and only a few by foreign authors, who describe fungi found in the USSR, and a short list of floras and bibliographical works on rust fungi in countries adjoining the USSR. These references may be useful in the preparation of monographs on individual species or biological groups of rust fungi. In writing this book we relied on the herbarium of the Institute of Botany of AN SSSR, kept in the Cryptogamic Plant Section of the Institute, and on the herbarium of the All-Union Institute of Plant Protection in Leningrad. We define a species by its inherent morphological features and therefore can classify it from material available in the herbarium without special study of the infectious properties of the fungus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.