Westcott's plant disease handbook
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Westcott's plant disease handbook
(Springer reference)
Springer, c2008
7th ed. / revised by R. Kenneth Horst
Available at / 9 libraries
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Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences Library
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University Library for Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo図
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [1163]-1175) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook, 7th Edition, should be useful to anyone with a keen interest in gardening. The seventh edition uses the traditional convenient format of previous editions providing easy access to essential information quickly with special dictionary-type entries on plant hosts and on symptoms. It provides useful cross references, indexes, illustrative plates of 34 key diseases, and 40 black and white illustrations of other diseases. New and updated material includes: significant taxonomic changes in fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes, and recently discovered diseases and new hosts for previously known plant-pathogens.
Table of Contents
Introduction.- Garden Chemicals and Their Application.- Classification of Plant Pathogens.- Plant Diseases and Their Pathogens.- Host Plants and Their Diseases.- List of Land Grant Institutions and Diagnostic Laboratories.- Glossary.- Selected Bibliography.- Index.
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