The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases [Paperback]

Plant disease epidemiology is a dynamic science that forms an essential part of the study of plant pathology. This book brings together a team of 35 international experts. Each chapter deals with an essential component of the subject and allows the reader to fully understand how each exerts its influence on the progress of pathogen populations in plant populations over a defined time scale. This edition has new, revised and updated chapters.

Plant disease epidemiology is a dynamic science that forms an essential part of the study of plant pathology. This book brings together a team of 35 international experts. Each chapter deals with an essential component of the subject and allows the reader to fully understand how each exerts its influence on the progress of pathogen populations in plant populations over a defined time scale. Since the first edition of the text was published in 1998, many new developments have occurred in the subjects covered, particularly molecular diagnostics, modelling, fungicide resistance and information technology. The second edition of the book is a comprehensive text on all aspects of plant disease epidemiology that should serve as an invaluable reference work for those involved in this fascinating science of crop plants.

Contributors. Preface. Part 1: Principles and Methods. 1. Plant disease diagnosis; R.T.V. Fox, H.P. Narra. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Choice of diagnostic. 1.3 Diagnosis by conventional techniques. 1.4 Use of immunological reactions. 1.5 Methods based on the nucleic acids of pathogens. 1.6 Future trends in diagnosis. References. 2. Disease assessment and yield loss; B.M. Cooke. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Why assess disease and yield loss in plants? 2.3 Methods used in sampling plants for disease. 2.4 Timing and frequency of disease assessment. 2.5 Methods of disease assessment. 2.6 Assessment of yield loss. 2.7 Conclusions and future developments. References. 3. Surveys of variation in virulencelÃ0