Author: Paul Holliday
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521331173
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
An essential reference, this comprehensive dictionary of plant pathology intended for plant pathologists and agriculturalists at all levels, lists over 8,000 entries of the authoritative names of all important pathogens and also many minor ones, including fungi from 460 genera, 675 viruses, bacteria, mollicutes, nematodes, and viroids. The entries also provide notes and references in the following areas: biographies of past plant pathologists, crops and their pathology, disease names, names of disorders, fungicide names, specific epithets for bacteria and fungi, taxonomic groups, terminology, toxins and vectors of viruses and mollicutes.