Vegetable Diseases

A Colour Handbook

		Steven Koike   Plant Pathology Department, University of California, USA Peter Gladders   ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK 5 Tables, 444 Colour illustrations 320 pages, 261 x 194 mm Publisher: Manson Publishing, UK 2007

    Hardback - ISBN: 9781840760750 - AU $250.00

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Description
Our dependence on healthy vegetable crops as a reliable source of food transcends all barriers of nation and culture. Consumers now demand excellent quality from the industry that produces large volumes of high quality vegetables to be sold locally, regionally and shipped internationally. The diseases that affect vegetables compromise such quality and therefore are of great importance to grower, shipper, marketer, and consumer.

This book focuses primarily on diseases that are caused by pathogens. Chapters dealing with the general principles of the causes, diagnosis and control of vegetable crop diseases are followed by crop-based chapters. Each disease entry includes a brief introduction to the disease, detailed description of disease symptoms, information on the pathogen and disease development, and suggestions on how to manage the problem. Top quality colour photos illustrate the book throughout.

This book will be useful to a range of professionals including research and extension plant pathologists; diagnosticians and plant lab personnel; teachers of agriculture and related subjects; university students in agriculture and related fields; commercial farmers, vegetable producers, and farm managers; agriculturalists in the fields of seed production, vegetable breeding, agrichemicals, pest control, marketing, and other subjects; government and regulatory persons dealing with agriculture; serious gardeners and hobbyists.

Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Vegetable Crops
Chapter 2: Causes of Plant Diseases
Chapter 3: Diagnosing Diseases of Vegetables and Other Crops
Chapter 4: Controlling Vegetable Crop Diseases
Chapter 5: Diseases of Vegetable Crops

Alliums (onion, garlic, leek, chives)

Apiaceae (carrot, celery, parsnip, parsley)

Asparagus

Beet

Crucifers (broccoli, brussel sprout, cabbage, cauliflower, radish, swede)

Cucurbits (cucumber, melon, pumpkin, squash)

Legumes (faba bean, pea, bean)

Lettuce

Pepper

Spinach

Tomato

Specialty and Herb Crops (artichoke, arugula, basil, broccoli raab, catnip,

chervil, cilantro, corn salad, dill, endive, fennel, horse-radish, Jerusalem

artichoke, lemongrass, marjoram, mint, mustards, oregano, radicchio,

rhubarb, sage, salsify, sweet corn, swiss chard, tomatillo, watercress)
Glossary
Index

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