CONTENTS:- 1. Fungal Pathogens and Plant Diseases Caused by Them 2. Bacterial Pathogens and Plant Diseases Caused by Them 3. Phytoplasma Diseases 4. Plant Virus Species 5. Viroids 6. Nematodes and Plant Diseases 7. Phanerogamic Plant Parasites and Their Hosts 8. Parasitic Algae and Their Plant Hosts 9. Flagellate Protozoa and Plant Diseases Caused by Them 10. Disorders of Plants 11. Plant Diseases and Disorders of Unknown Etiology 12. Insect Vectors of Viruses, Phytoplasma, Spiroplasma and Xylem limited Fastidious Bacteria 13. Insect Vectors of Fungal Plant Diseases 14. Insect Vectors of Flagellate Protozoa Infecting Plants 15. Mite Vectors of Plant Diseases 16. Arthropod Associates/Vectors of Bacterial Plant Pathogens 17. Fungal Vectors of Plant Viral Diseases 18. Nematode Vectors of Plant Viral Diseases
DESCRIPTION
It contains an alphabetical arrangement of 1628 fugal pathogens, 234 bacterial pathogens, 191 phytoplasma diseases, 905 plant virus species and satellite RNAs, 36 viroids, 159 nematodes, 123 phanerogamic parasites, 10 parasitic algae, 11 flagellate protozoa, 139 disorders of plants and 51 plant diseases and disorders of unknown etiology. In addition to common names of plant diseases, the book also contains more than 460 insect, mite, fungal and nematode vectors of plant diseases/ pathogens.