Plant Disease Control: Towards environmentally acceptable methods

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
The impact of plant disease on man....Pages 1-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Organisms that cause plant disease: their detection, identification and proof of their role as pathogens....Pages 31-61
Epidemiology....Pages 63-84
The measurement of plant disease and its effect on crop yields....Pages 85-105
Implications of parasite identity, epidemiology and disease measurement for control measures....Pages 107-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
The genetics of host-parasite interaction....Pages 139-162
Prepenetration and penetration events....Pages 163-185
Toxins....Pages 187-206
Constitutive barriers to infection....Pages 207-223
Induced resistance....Pages 225-247
Symptom expression....Pages 249-269
Exploiting knowledge of the genetics and biochemistry of host-parasite interaction in order to control disease....Pages 271-291
Back Matter....Pages 293-354