Plant Disease Management requires a basic knowledge about the disease causing organism, whether fungi, bacteria, viruses, Mycoplasma or any other microorganisms. In this book 'Illustrated Plant Pathology--Basic Concepts', the authors have covered: Detailed account of the various pathogenic microorganisms responsible for causing diseases. Their classification, life cycle, mode of survival, spread and infection, factors responsible for epidemics, physiological specialization of pathogens. Disease...
Role of Fertilisers in the National Economy (Proceedings of the International Fertiliser Society, #3)
by W.G. Ogg
Potato Cyst Nematodes
The two closely related species of Potato Cyst-Nematodes (PCN), Globodera rostochiensis (Woll) and Globodera pallida Stone have a worldwide distribution. Both are internationally recognized plant quarantine organisms of actual or potential major economic importance wherever potatoes are grown or traded. They occur in large soil masses and also adhere to potato tubers as microscopic cysts, which represent a complex of morphologically identical, but behaviourally different virulence groups, or pat...
Role of Fertilisers in Increasing Output from Grassland (Proceedings of the International Fertiliser Society, #8)
by R.A. Hamilton
Biopesticides for Sustainable Agriculture (Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science)
"This book provides a decent overview of recent advances in biopesticides and other biological options for insect management with an easy-to-follow format and content…a good resource for students, educators, researchers, regulators, agricultural partners and IPM implementors interested in sustainable agriculture." (Society for Invertebrate Pathology Newsletter) With increasing concern about the environmental impact of synthetic pesticide use, including their impact on beneficial insects, the p...
A reissue of Home-grown Fruit (2007). A practical and inspirational guide on how to grow your very own orchard, bramble or berry. What could be tastier than fruit, picked straight from your back garden? Growing your own fruit can be a rewarding pastime and you don’t need a big garden or allotment to cultivate your favourite fruit, as they can grow well in containers and even hanging baskets. This beautiful and practical guide celebrates the produce of orchards, allotments and gardens, from rh...
Soil Erosion Issues in Agriculture
This compilation focuses on the events of growing, processing, quality control, color, as well as freezing, canning, chip, and dried production. This potato processing operations book, written in terms the nonprofessional plant worker will understand, is a must reference for all food processors, technologists, executives, students etc. as well as a valuable addition to the company technical reference library. Included are figures, tables and charts throughout the book.
Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water
Phytoremediation is an exciting, new technology that utilizes metal-accumulating plants to rid soil of heavy metal and radionuclides. Hyperaccumulation plants are an appealing and economical alternative to current methods of soil recovery. Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil and Water is the most thorough literary examination of the subject available today.The successful implementation of phytoremediation depends on identifying plant material that is well adapted to specific toxic sites. Gentl...
Maximum Crop Yields (ASA Special Publications)
Multiple Cropping (ASA Special Publications)
by R. I. Papendick, Pedro A. Sanchez, and Glover B. Triplett
What do you do with Doggy-Doo? Can I put corks in my compost bin? Do worms have lungs? Why is my compost full of thousands of tiny white flies? Vital questions such as these are the lot of a Compost Hotline Operator, as Spring Gillard knows only too well. That really is her job description, and she fields calls like this all day long. She also meets a cast of characters curiously crazed by the garden bug. Like Ellen who wears worm earrings and belts out the 'Compost Rap' to unsuspecting particip...