Plant Disease: An Advanced Treatise
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Plant Disease: An Advanced Treatise

How Pathogens Induce Disease

  1. 488 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Plant Disease: An Advanced Treatise

How Pathogens Induce Disease

About this book

Plant Disease An Advanced Treatise, Volume IV: How Pathogens Induce Disease describes the mechanisms of induction of various types of plant dysfunction by parasites and pathogens. Comprised of 22 chapters, this volume focuses on the effects of major group of pathogens on plant, including fungi, bacteria, nematodes, mycoplasmas, ricketssia, insects, and parasitic seed plants. This volume begins with a series of theoretical and analytical discussions on the evolution and energetics of pathogens, predisposition phenomena, multiple pathogen interactions, and the penetration and colonization of hosts by pathogens. Considerable chapters describe the unique features and special adaptations of each major group of pathogens. This text includes discussions on the special relationships the mycoplasmas and rickettsia have developed with insects and viruses; their effects on growth and differentiation of the plant hosts; and the origin and evolutionary development of these pathogens. This volume also describes what is known about plant disease induction in other plants with toxic chemicals and the role of toxic residues in plant refuse and in the "sickness phenomenon. A chapter examines a series of iatrogenic diseases and the mechanisms by which they are induced. The concluding chapters deal with the effect of diseased plants and plant pathogens in livestock and human beings. This volume is an invaluable source for plant pathologists, mycologists, advanced researches, and graduate students.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. How Pathogens Induce Disease
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Preface
  8. Contents of Other Volumes
  9. Tentative Contents of Other Volumes
  10. CHAPTER 1. PROLOGUE: HOW PATHOGENS INDUCE DISEASE
  11. CHAPTER 2. THE EVOLUTION OF PARASITIC FITNESS
  12. CHAPTER 3. THE ENERGETICS OF PARASITISM, PATHOGENISM, AND RESISTANCE IN PLANT DISEASE
  13. CHAPTER 4. PREDISPOSITION BY THE ENVIRONMENT
  14. CHAPTER 5. EXTERNAL SYNERGISMS AMONG ORGANISMS INDUCING DISEASE
  15. CHAPTER 6. INTERNAL SYNERGISMS AMONG ORGANISMS INDUCING DISEASE
  16. CHAPTER 7. HOW THE DEFENSES ARE BREACHED
  17. CHAPTER 8. HOW THE BEACHHEAD IS WIDENED
  18. CHAPTER 9. HOW FUNGI INDUCE DISEASE
  19. CHAPTER 10. HOW BACTERIA INDUCE DISEASE
  20. CHAPTER 11. HOW MYCOPLASMAS AND RICKETTSIAS INDUCE DISEASE
  21. CHAPTER 12. HOW NEMATODES INDUCE DISEASE
  22. CHAPTER 13. HOW INSECTS INDUCE DISEASE
  23. CHAPTER 14. HOW VIRUSES AND VIROIDS INDUCE DISEASE
  24. CHAPTER 15. HOW AIR POLLUTANTS INDUCE DISEASE
  25. CHAPTER 16. HOW PARASITIC SEED PLANTS INDUCE DISEASE IN OTHER PLANTS
  26. CHAPTER 17. ALLELOPATHY
  27. CHAPTER 18. SELF-INDUCEDD ISEASE
  28. CHAPTER 19. IATROGENIC DISEASE: MECHANISMS OF ACTION
  29. CHAPTER 20. MYCOTOXINS AND THEIR MEDICAL AND VETERINARY EFFECTS
  30. CHAPTER 21. THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF AFLATOXINS AND OTHER MYCOTOXINS
  31. CHAPTER 22. THE EFFECTS OF PLANT PARASITIC AND OTHER FUNGI ON MAN
  32. Author Index
  33. Subject Index