Edited by Thor Kommedahl and P.H. Williams SCROLL DOWN TO ORDER THIS TITLE. This book takes the reader through the development of The American Phytopathological Society and explores how growing relationships with other organizations have brought different disciplines together. It goes on to map out how this growth has affected plant health. Reserve a special place in your personal library for this book. 1983; 6" × 9" hardcover; 538 pages; 15 illustrations ISBN 0-89054-057-8 Table of Contents Part 1: Plant Health in Perspective; A Look at the Past; Our Relationships to Other Scientific Societies and Organizations in the Past 75 Years; Promoting Plant Health Through Communication; Healthy Plants--A Threat to Civilization (and a Challenge to the APS); Goal for Plant Health in the Age of Plants: A National Plant Health System; Part 2: Nature of Losses; Nature of Crop Losses: An Overview; Identification and Assessment of Losses; Part 3: Biological and Physical Constraints to Plant Health; Genetic Considerations; The Role of Genetics in Etiological Pathology and Maintenance of Plant Health; Physiological Constraints to Maximum Yield Potential; Morphological Constraints on Maximum Yield Potential; Conservation of Plant and Symbiont Germ Plasm; Somatic Modification of Germ Plasm and the Potential for Genetic Engineering; Potential for Alleviation of Environmental Constraints; Ambient Meteorological Factors--Light, Temperature, and Moisture; Soil Physical Factors that Affect Plant Health; Air Quality and Plant Health; Mineral Deficiences and Excesses; Plant Health: A View from Above; Quantifying the Effect of the Physical Environment; Predicting the Environment; Potential for Alleviation of Biotic Constraints; Viruses and Viroids; Bacteria; Fungi; Nematodes; Arthropods; Weeds and Higher-Plant Parasites; Interactions and Complexes; Recognition and Specificity Between Plants and Pathogens; Current Concepts of Disease Resistance in Plants; Mechanisms of Pathogenesis; Potential of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Agricultural and Forest Productivity; Use of Mutants to Study Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation; Epidemiology of Biotic Pathogens; Disease Prediction: Current Status and Future Directions; The Role of Mathematical Models in Plant Health Management; Population Genetics and Evolution of Host-Parasite Interactions; Plant Growth Models and Plant Disease Epidemiology; Part 4: Control of Biotic Pathogens; Introduction to Disease Control; The Future of Chemicals for Controlling Plant Diseases; Changing Emphasis in Disease Management; The Future of Biological and Cultural Control of Plant Disease; Future Strategies for Integrated Control; Breeding for Disease Resistance; Agroecosystems, Disease Resistance, and Crop Improvement; Genetic Strategies and Their Value in Disease Control; Part 5: Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Plant Health Maintenance; Economics of Plant Disease Control; The Role of Plant Quarantine in Plant Health; Government Programs; International Cooperation in Agricultural Research: The Basis for Feeding More People and Feeding People More; Education in Plant Pathology: Problems and Challenges Ahead |
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