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A database on all diseases of maize (corn) caused by fungi, bacteria, mycoplasmas, spiroplasmas, and viruses.
As useful to growers and crop consultants as they are to researchers, these practical guidebooks offer convenient help in identifying, controlling, and preventing the diseases of major crop plants. Each volume features: -- Full-color photographs to help you quickly match symptoms with diseases -- Descriptions of symptoms, causes, cycles, and control practices -- Authoritative knowledge from leading plant scientists -- Discussion of major pathogens, including bacteria, fungi, nematodes, and insects More than 90 plant pathology experts have collaborated to update one of the most popular APS Press Compendia of all time. Compendium of Corn Diseases, Third Edition is completely rewritten and includes more than twice the information as the previous edition.
Diseases caused by fungi; Diseases caused by bacteria; Diseases caused by viruses.
Diagnosing maize diseases with proprietary biotechnology application transferred from pioneer hi-bred international to Brazil and Latin America; The current status of maize diseases in Brazil; Maize rusts; The phaeosphaeria leaf spot; Dalbulus maidis identification, biology, ecology and pest status; Maize viruses and mollicutes: interactions between the host and pathogens; Characteristics of the high plains virus (HPV) and breeding for resistance in maize; Corn leafhoppers as vectors of maize pathogens in Brazil; The potential collaborative role of CIAT in promoting maize virology research in Latin America; Disease management in maize.
This important and comprehensive book is designed to provide information on crop diseases and how to manage those diseases. Covering a multitude of crops and diseases, the book presents integrated approaches on managing diseases that affect such crops as:Cereal and crop plants, such as maize, pigeon pea, chickpeas, and urd/mung beansOil seed crops,