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Disease control in commercial crops is both economically important and environmentally controversial. This book provides a concise introduction to modern practices of disease control on commercial crops. This edition expanded by the addition of a new chapter on the detection and identification of disease, with special emphasis on rapid molecular diagnostic techniques. Other new features include an expanded coverage of fungicides and consideration of problems of ...
This book combines coverage of theory with coverage of global practices. Highlighting the day-to-day challenges of organic crop management for cost-effective real-world application, the book explores the biological control of diseases in major crops. It focuses on the use of host plant resistance through transgenics and induced systemic resistance as a part of biological control. Topics covered include the role of biocontrol agents for signaling resistance, ...
This book is a tool for understanding our greatest natural resource. The ground we stand on, the earth we mine, the land that produces food, fiber, and shelter, and yet few of us can even define soil, let alone explain how it works, what it does, or how it changes. This book contains the soil information, root growth and agricultural management, nitrate leaching management, podzols, paramos soils, water repellant soils, rare earth elements, and much more.... ...