ISBN: 9788176221382    Publisher: Biotech Year of publishing: 2012     Format:  Hardcover No of Pages: xi,323        Language: English

Scientific study of the nature and cause of diseases, serves an important link between different disciplines. It has such a vast area that one is not sure what to include and what to leave. The present monograph "Diseases of Fruits and Nuts" provides complete and concise coverage in a very simple and succinct language. The book has been written in such a manner that even beginner can understand easily. I hope that it will be immense help to understand intricacies of the subject for which it is well known. This work has been divided into 36 chapters related to diseases of fruits and nuts. In presenting the information cited is proportional to its importance. Thus, the information and views have been arranged in an orderly sequence. It has been written in a simple language. It is hped that this edition will further benefit the students, researchers and pathologist. Contents Chapter 1: Scab of Apples by G W Keitt; Chapter 2: Blotch of Apples by John C Dunegan; Chapter 3: Bitter Rot of Apples by John C Dungean; Chapter 4: Rust Diseases of Apples by D H Palmiter; Chapter 5: Sooty Blotch and Fly Speck by A B Groves; Chapter 6: Powdery Mildew on Apples by Roderick Sprague; Chapter 7: Stony Pit of Pears by J R Kinholz; Chapter 8: Scab on the Pear by J R Kienholz; Chapter 9: Fire Blight of Pears in California by C Emlen Scott; Chapter 10: Phony Peach and Peach Mosaic by A E Cavanagh & C H Rothe; Chapter 11: Brown Rot of Peach by John C Dunegan; Chapter 12: Scab or Black Spot on Peach by John C Dunegan; Chapter 13: Bacterial Spot of Peach by John C Dunegan; Chapter 14: Anthracnose of Peach by Donald H Petersen; Chapter 15: Cherry Leaf Spot by F H Lewis; Chapter 16: Two Root Rots of Fruit Trees by H Earl Thomas, Stephen Wilhelm & Neil Allan MacLean; Chapter 17: Coryneum Blight of Stone Fruits by E E Wilson; Chapter 18: Root Rots in the East by C N Clayton; Chapter 19: Virus Diseases of Stone Fruits by L C Cochran & E L Reeves; Chapter 20: Bacterial Canker of Stone Fruits by E E Wilson; Chapter 21: The Tristeza Diseases of Citrus by T J Grant, L J Klotz & J M Wallace; Chapter 22: Foot Rot of Citrus Trees by L J Klotz & J F L Childs; Chapter 23: Virus Diseases of Citrus Fruits by J M Wallace & T J Grant; Chapter 24: Virus Diseases of Grapevines by W B Hewitt; Chapter 25: Ills of the American Bunch Grapes by Alvin J Braun; Chapter 26: Red Stele Disease of Strawberry by W F Jeffers & D H Scott; Chapter 27: Virus Diseases of the Strawberry by Harold E Thomas & C P Marcus Jr; Chapter 28: Diseases of Berries in the West by Folke Johnson; Chapter 29: Diseases of Berries in the East by W F Jeffers; Chapter 30: The Cultivated Highbush Blueberry by Austin C Goheen; Chapter 31: Disorders of Cranberries by Herbert F Bergman; Chapter 32: Problems in Growing Pecans by John R Cole; Chapter 33: Filberts and Persian Wallnuts by Paul W Millers; Chapter 34: Diseases of Muscadine Grapes by E S Luttrell; Chapter 35: Diseases of the Avocado by George A Zentmyer; Chapter 36: Apricot and Almond Brown Rot by E E Wilson.
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