Host management in crop pathosystems.
Robinson R. A.
: xiv + 263pp.
Abstract : This text book is intended primarily for students of plant breeding, entomology, nematology and plant pathology in agriculture, horticulture and forestry. It is applicable to both tropical and temperate regions, to plantation forests, and to both commercial and subsistence farming. Complex mathematical, chemical and genetic formulae are avoided and the text generally employs only basic biological terms. The main aim of the book is to show that small increases in the level of horizontal resistance (HR) make all aspects of crop parasite management more effective, easier, cheaper and safer and that large increases in HR could make all other aspects of such management unnecessary. A wide range of host plants is covered, including maize, potatoes, for which the Nairobi programme is described in detail, sugarcane, strawberry, cassava, sweet potato, wheat, rice, barley, Phaseolus, Dioscorea, coffee, cashew, citrus, cocoa, coconut, date palm, mango, tea and evergreen timber trees. Twelve of the 13 chapters are devoted to plant and crop pathosystems and crops or groups of crops. One chapter is specifically devoted to breeding for HR, with information on breeding and resistance-screening techniques. A joint subject and author index is provided.