Diseases of Grasses Legumes and Ornaments

This book has been prepared to enable easy learning of “Diseases of Grasses, Legumes and Ornaments.” Every effort has been made to incorporate the conceptions in plant diseases in very simple, precise, explicit and lucid manner. This books has been divided into 29 chapters related to diseases of grasses, legumes and ornaments. In presenting the information of an each crop diseases, the information cited is proportional to its importance. Thus, the information and views have been arranged in an orderly sequence. It has been written in a simple language. This book will prove to be great help to the researcher and students in the field of plant diseases and it can be safely recommended at all universities and institutions in India and abroad. Part I: Grasses and Legumes Chapter 1: The Many Ailments of Clover by Earle W Hanson & Kermit W Kreitlow; Chapter 2: Sources of Healthier Alfalfa by Fred R Jones & Oliver F Smith; Chapter 3: Bacteria, Fungi and Viruses on Soybeans by Howard W Johnson & Donald W Chamberlain; Chapter 4: Legumes in the South by J L Weimer & J Lewis Allison; Chapter 5: Leaf Diseases of Range Grasses by John R Hardison; Chapter 6: Leaf Diseases of Grasses in the South by Howard W Johnson; Chapter 7: The Northern Forage Grasses by Kermit W Kreitlow; Chapter 8: Root and Crown Rots of the Grasses by Roderick Sprague; Chapter 9: Seed Disorders of Forage Plants by John R Hardison; Chapter 10: Some of the 125 Rusts of Grasses by George W Fischer; Chapter 11: Smuts that Parasitize Grasses by George W Fischer; Chapter 12: How to Keep Turf Grass Healthy by C L Lefebvre, F L Howard & Fred V Grau. Part II: Some Ornamentals Chapter 13: Rust and Other Disorders of Snapdragon by W D McClellan; Chapter 14: Fusarium Wilt of China Aster by Kenneth F Baker; Chapter 15: Petal Blight of Azalea by D L Gill; Chapter 16: Infectious Diseases of Carnation by Emit F Guba & Ralph W Ames; Chapter 17: Control of Three Ills of Chrysanthemum by A W Dimock; Chapter 18: Virus Diseases of the Chrysanthemum by Philiop Brierley; Chapter 19: Some Fungi that Attack Gladioli by Robert O Magie; Chapter 20: Virus Enemies of Gladiolus by Philip Brierley, Floyd F Smith & Frank P McWhorter; Chapter 21: Blights of Lilie and Tulips by C J Gould; Chapter 22: Narcissus Basal Rot by W D McClellan; Chapter 23: Nematodes in Bulbs by Wilbur D Courtney; Chapter 24: Four Diseases of Garden Roses by L M Massey; Chapter 25: Viruses on Roses by Philip Brierley; Chapter 26: Aster Yellows by L O Kunkel. Part III: Some Others Chapter 27: Oak Wilt: A New Threat by Theodore W Bretz; Chapter 28: Ailments of House Plants by Freeman A Weiss; Chapter 29: Herbs and Other Special Crops by C A Thomas.