{"product_id":"the-nature-of-disease-in-plants-hardback-9780521482479","title":"The Nature of Disease in Plants (Hardback) 9780521482479","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Nature of Disease in Plants\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book discusses all aspects of plant disease, highlighting the involvement of human activities.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert P. Scheffer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521482479, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 January 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 44 b\/w illus.  1 table\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.625 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… the work of a true scholar … [the] case-study approach is marvelously holistic, detailed and informative.' Andrew Bent, Trends in Plant Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is about how plants get diseases, from the origins and evolution of parasites to how the great plant epidemics developed. The basic premise of the book is that the conditions favouring disease are inherent in agriculture and that diseases become destructive because of human activities. It also deals with how people have dealt with plant diseases in history. Included in the book are the natural histories of some of the most damaging plant diseases, worldwide, with discussions of why each became destructive. Diseases are grouped according to the most significant factors in the development of epidemics: in every case this is due to a human factor. Discussion of each model disease proceeds from observable facts to more complex concepts; thus, the reader with little knowledge of plant pathology should find the book easily understandable.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Perspective\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Biology and Control of Plant Diseases: 2. Causes and spread of plant disease\u003cbr\u003e 3. How pathogens attack plants\u003cbr\u003e 4. How plants defend against pathogens\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ecological considerations\u003cbr\u003e 6. Disease controls and their limitations\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Natural History of Some Destructive Diseases: 7. Native plants, alien pathogens\u003cbr\u003e 8. Alien plants, native pathogens\u003cbr\u003e 9. Pathogens overtake movement of crop plants\u003cbr\u003e 10. Monoculture: removal of ecological restraints\u003cbr\u003e 11. Monoculture: pathogen adaptability\u003cbr\u003e 12. Monoculture: Cochliobolus diseases with toxins\u003cbr\u003e 13. Monoculture: Alternaria diseases with toxins\u003cbr\u003e 14. Diseases amplified by changes in agriculture\u003cbr\u003e 15. Anthropogenic reintroduction each year\u003cbr\u003e 16. Abiotic diseases: damage from air pollution\u003cbr\u003e 17. Prospectus\u003cbr\u003e Glossary: technical terms used in the texts\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Plant pathology \u0026amp; diseases [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Plant pathology \u0026amp; diseases\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Plant%20pathology%20\u0026amp;%20diseases%20%5BPSTP%5D%22\"\u003ePSTP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46008055562520,"sku":"9780521482479","price":85.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521482479_dc600a54-5270-47a1-bef9-543702c9bd4b.gif?v=1691382972","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-nature-of-disease-in-plants-hardback-9780521482479","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}