Schumann, Gail L. (Gail Lynn), 1951-
St. Paul, Minn. : The American Phytopathological Society, c2012.
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- Includes index.
- The irish potato famine : the birth of plant pathology — The most important plant pathogens : fungi and oomycetes — Coffee and rubber : monocultures and quarantines — To grow a healthy plant : soil, water, and air — Single-celled pathogens : bacteria — People improving plants : genes and genetic engineering — Roles people play : epidemics and their management — Chemicals to protect plants : pesticides — The world belowground : soilborne pathogens — Natural poisons and gourmet delicacies : fungi in food — Ancient and present-day foes : the rusts — Diseases of the largest plants : trees — The smallest pathogens : viruses and viroids — Food for a hungry planet.
- This comprehensive book delivers everything we have come to appreciate and expect from a Schumann and D’Arcy offering. It tells the stories of plant pathology with a passionate voice and laces each tale with the essential research-based information to help readers understand the interrelationship between agriculture, the human condition, and the science that connects the two. The book examines the effects plant diseases have had on human culture by weaving together true-life tales from ancient days and modern times. Hungry Planet explores sometimes controversial topics that challenge readers to think beyond the disease outbreaks to consider the impact these biological events have on our personal lives. Anyone interested in science, environmental issues, food production, or sustainability will find the book fascinating.
- This clearly written book is an ideal entry-level text for inquisitive college students who are majoring in a subject other than plant pathology, especially those in general education and core science classes. There is a student resources website organized around the book’s topics that will help bring the stories of plant diseases to life through podcasts, exercises, and other teaching tools. –pub. desc.
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