Phytophthora: A Global Perspective

Phytophthora diseases pose a major threat to a huge range of plant species, and have a significant economic impact on crops, forests, nurseries, greenhouses and natural areas worldwide. This is the first and only book to focus solely on phytophthora diseases. Kurt Lamour is internationally renowned as the leader in this field. It offers comprehensive overview of these global plant-destroying diseases. Chapters cover major hosts, identification, epidemiology, management, current research, future perspectives, and the impact of globalisation on phytophthora. It is suitable for researchers and students in plant pathology and related disciplines, extension workers and plant protection services.

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Hardcover: 264 pages
Publisher: CABI Publishing (28 Mar 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1780640935
ISBN-13: 9781780640938
Kurt Lamour (Editor)