Overview

Increasingly, diseases are being identified as major constraints to the productivity and persistence of improved tropical pastures. This book provides a comprehensive review of diseases of tropical pasture legumes and grasses. The book represents a comprehensive, fully referenced sourcebook for plant pathologists and pasture agronomists.

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Author:   Jillian M. Lenne (Consultant in Agricultural Research and Development, UK and Editor in Chief, Field Crops Research) ,  P. Trutmann (Cornell University, USA) ,  P. Trutmann (Cornell University, USA) ,  P. Trutmann (Cornell University, USA)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 18.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.899kg
ISBN:  

9780851989174

ISBN 10:   0851989179
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   01 November 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1: Tropical pastures and the importance of plant diseases, D Thomas Part I: Fungal, Bacterial and Mycoplasma Diseases of Tropical PastureLegumes, J M Lenné 2: Diseases of Stylosanthes 3: Diseases of Centrosema 4: Diseases of Desmodium 5: Diseases of Macroptilium atropurpureum 6: Diseases of Aeschynomene 7: Diseases of Leucaena 8: Diseases of other pasture legumes Part II: Fungal, Bacterial and Mycoplasma Diseases of Tropical PastureGrasses, J M Lenné 9: Diseases of Andropogon gayanus 10: Diseases of other pasture grasses Part III: Viral and Nematode Diseases of Tropical Pasture Plants 11: Viral diseases, FJ Morales 12: Nematode diseases, J M Stanton Part IV: Regional Experiences 13: Australia, R D Davis and J A G Irwin 14: Florida and the Caribbean Islands, R M Sonoda 15: Central and South America, P Trutmann 16: Southeast Asia and the Pacific, R D Davies and B Grof 17: Sub-Saharan Africa, M A Mohamed-Saleem and Kahsay Berhe Part V: Management and Prospect 18: Management of diseases of tropical pasture plants, P Trutmann 19: The role of molecular analyses in tropical pasture pathology: an appraisal of Stylosanthes anthracnose, A E Brown and S Sreenivasaprasad 20: International cooperation and future research, D F Cameron and J M Lenné

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Jillian M. Lenné is a Consultant in Agricultural Research and Development, UK.

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