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A Color Handbook
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By
Stuart Wale, Ph.D., Head of Crop Services, SAC Aberdeen Aberdeen, UK
Bud Platt, Ph.D., Crops and Livestock Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Charlottetown, Canada
Nigel Cattlin, Holt Studios International, UK
Description
Covering the most important pathogens of potatoes, this handbook provides clear, concise descriptions of the symptoms and cycles of diseases.
It also provides detail on the distribution, economic importance, and advice on the control. Illustrated with over 250 color photographs
of affected crops, pest profiles and detailed characteristics of common prey to potato crops, this book is the ultimate aid to the rapid
identification and control of disease for this important crop.
Audience
professionals and students in crop protection, plant pathology, and agriculture
Contents
(Diseases and Pests covered): Potato early blight, Gray mould, Black dot, Ring rot, Blackleg, Soft rot, Pit rot, Dry rot and wilt, Violet
root rot, Silver scurf, Aster yellows, Witches broom, Pocket rot, Gangrene, Pink rot, Potato late blight, Skin spot, Spraing, Mild Mosaic,
Sev. Mosaic, Net Necrosis, Watery wound rot, Leak, Brown rot, Stem canker, Black Scurf, White mould, Powdery scab, Common scab, Wart,
Spraing, Verticillium wilt. Index.
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Hardbound, 240 pages, publication date: MAY-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-373670-3
ISBN-10: 0-12-373670-6
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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