Hungry planet : stories of plant diseases /
Schumann, Gail L. 1951-
Hungry planet : stories of plant diseases / Stories of plant diseases Gail L. Schumann and Cleora J. D'Arcy. - St. Paul, Minn. : The American Phytopathological Society, c2012. - ix, 294 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
The irish potato famine : the birth of plant pathology -- The most important plant pathogens : fungi and oomycetes -- Coffee and rubber : monocultures and quarantines -- To grow a healthy plant : soil, water, and air -- Single-celled pathogens : bacteria -- People improving plants : genes and genetic engineering -- Roles people play : epidemics and their management -- Chemicals to protect plants : pesticides -- The world belowground : soilborne pathogens -- Natural poisons and gourmet delicacies : fungi in food -- Ancient and present-day foes: the rusts -- Diseases of the largest plants : trees -- The smallest pathogens : viruses and viroids -- Food for a hungry planet.
9780890543993 0890543992
2011938425
Plant diseases.
Pesticides.
SB731 / .S38 2012
632/.3
Hungry planet : stories of plant diseases / Stories of plant diseases Gail L. Schumann and Cleora J. D'Arcy. - St. Paul, Minn. : The American Phytopathological Society, c2012. - ix, 294 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
The irish potato famine : the birth of plant pathology -- The most important plant pathogens : fungi and oomycetes -- Coffee and rubber : monocultures and quarantines -- To grow a healthy plant : soil, water, and air -- Single-celled pathogens : bacteria -- People improving plants : genes and genetic engineering -- Roles people play : epidemics and their management -- Chemicals to protect plants : pesticides -- The world belowground : soilborne pathogens -- Natural poisons and gourmet delicacies : fungi in food -- Ancient and present-day foes: the rusts -- Diseases of the largest plants : trees -- The smallest pathogens : viruses and viroids -- Food for a hungry planet.
9780890543993 0890543992
2011938425
Plant diseases.
Pesticides.
SB731 / .S38 2012
632/.3