Disease control in crops : biological and environmentally-friendly approaches

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walters, Dale (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell , 2009
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020 |a 9781405169479 (hardback : alk. paper) 
090 0 0 |a SB732.6   |b .D57 2009 
245 0 0 |a Disease control in crops :   |b biological and environmentally-friendly approaches   |c edited by Dale Walters 
260 |a Oxford, UK ;   |a Ames, Iowa :   |b Wiley-Blackwell ,   |c 2009 
300 |a xiii, 266 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. Managing crop disease through cultural practices -- 3. Biological control agents in plant disease control -- 4. Induced resistance for plant disease control -- 5. The use of compost and compost extracts in plant disease control -- 6. The use of host plant resistance in disease control -- 7. Crop tolerance of foliar pathogens: possible mechanisms and potential for exploitation -- 8. Plant disease control through the use variety mixtures -- 9. Biofumigationfor plant disease control - from the fundamentals to the farming system -- 10. Control of plant disease through soil solarization -- 11. Plant disease control by nutrient management: sulphur -- 12. Control of plant disease by disguising the leaf surface -- 13. bacteriophages as agents for the control of plant pathogenic bacteria -- 14. Controlling plant disease using biological and environmentally friendly approaches: making it work in practice 
650 0 |a Phytopathogenic microorganisms   |x Biological control 
650 0 |a Phytopathogenic microorganisms   |x Control   |x Environmental aspects 
650 0 |a Plant diseases 
700 1 |a Walters, Dale ,   |e author 
999 |a 1000128249   |b Book   |c OPEN SHELF (30 DAYS)   |e Tembila Campus