Principles of Plant Pathology

by J. George Harrar

ISBN: 9789359194608
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Imprint : Agri Horti Press
Year : 2024
Price : Rs. 20795.00
Biblio : xii+582, figs.,tabls., ind., 25 cm

Author Profile

J. George Harrar was an eminent Plant Pathologist served as Professor and Head of the Division of Plant Pathology of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Washington State College. He served as Director of Agriculture, as trustee and President at the Rockfeller Foundation. He was a member of countless committees, board, and organization including the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the Near East Foundation. He received innumerable awards from nations in which he had worked and more than dozen honorary degrees.

About The Book

The present book deals with causes, symptoms etiology, perpetuation, losses caused by plant diseases and their management. Principles of Plant Pathology include importance of plants and plant diseases, the nature and classification of plant diseases, causes of plant diseases, the nature and classification of plant pathogens, growth and reproduction of plant pathogens, the genetics of plant pathogens, the production and liberation of inoculum, the dissemination of plant pathogens, the phenomena of infection, the effect of environment and nutrition on disease development, plant diseases of international importance, diseases in transit and storage, quarantines, eradication campaigns, and international plant protection, culturral practices in disease control, chemical control, resistant varieties, future problems and prospects. Appendix and index have also been appended at the end of the book. This is a valuable source book for students, teachers, researchers, plant pathologists, entomologists, nematologists, extension workers, farmers and all other interested in plant pathology. E. C. Stakman was an American Plant Pathologist who was a pioneer of methods of identifying and combating disease in wheat. He was Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota and Special Consultant for Agriculture, the Rockefeller Foundation. He published more than 300 papers, as well as several books. Dr. Stakman held honorary membership in thirteen scientific societies in the United States and Japan. He was President of the American Phytopathological Society in 1922 and the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1949.