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Phytobacteriology
Principles and Practice
Paperback
March 2010
9781845936006
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CABI - Published
2nd March 2010 - ISBN 9781845936006
- Language English
- Pages 368 pp.
- Size 6.75" x 9.25"
- Images line drawings & color illus
$115.35
Hardback
May 2006
9781845930257
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- Publisher
CABI - Published
23rd May 2006 - ISBN 9781845930257
- Language English
- Pages 368 pp.
- Size 6.75" x 9.25"
- Images line drawings & color illus
$242.00
A comprehensive manual of phytobacteriology, this work is heavily illustrated with over 200 colour photographs and line illustrations. It begins by outlining the history and science of bacteriology and gives an overview of the diversity and versatility of complex bacteria. It then explains the characterization, identification and naming of complex bacteria, and explores how bacteria can cause disease and how plants react to such disease. The book also discusses the economic importance of bacterial diseases as well as strategies for their control and the reduction of crop losses. It concludes with 50 examples of plant pathogenic bacteria and the diseases that they cause.
Introduction to bacteriology and bacteria, Phytobacteriology and diagnosis of bacterial diseases of plants, Disease and symptoms caused by plant pathogenic bacteria, Epidemiology, Damage and losses, Prevention and control of bacterial pathogens and diseases, Examples of bacterial diseases of cultivated and wild plants.