Covering the key techniques used when working with fungal plant pathogens, this practical manual deals with recognition of disease symptoms, detection and identification of fungi and methods to characterise them well as curation, quarantine and quality assurance. The book is unique in its practical focus, providing an overview of both traditional and emerging methods and their applications, and detailed protocols on completion techniques such as microscopy, PCR, ELISA, freeze drying and DNA storage. Fungal Plant Pathogens provides a valuable guide to investigating fungal plant diseases and interpreting laboratory findings for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students, extension plant pathologists, consultants and advisers in agriculture and horticulture and the food supply chain.
- ISBN10 1845938704
- ISBN13 9781845938703
- Publish Date 6 March 2012
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint CABI Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 324
- Language English