Compendium of Onion and Garlic Diseases

softcover  70 pages, 100 col photos, 23 b+w photos and illus  ISBN 0890541701      £47.00

Use this book's step-by-step advice to protect your plants from more than 50 diseases and disorders.

Table of Contents

Introduction; The Genus Allium; Onion and Garlic Diseases; Onion and Garlic Pathogens; Onion and Garlic Disease Management; Part 1: Infectious Biotic Diseases; Diseases of Subterranean Parts Caused by Fungi; Pythium Seed Rot and Damping Off; Rhizoctonia Seed Rot and Seedling Diseases; Fusarium Damping-Off; Fusarium Basal Plate Rot; Fusarium Basal Rot of Garlic; Charcoal Rot; Pink Rot; Sclerotinia Rot; Southern Blight; White Rot; Diseases of Aerial Parts Caused by Fungi: Botrytis Leaf Blight; Botrytis Neck Rot; Other Botrytis Diseases; Downy Mildew; Cladosporium Leaf Blotch; Cercospora Leaf Spot; Phyllosticta Leaf Blight; Powdery Mildew; Purple Blotch; Rust; Smut; Stemphylium Leaf Blight and Stalk Rot; Twister; Diseases of Bulbs Caused by Fungi; Black Mold; Penicillium Decay of Garlic; Blue Mold; Diplodia Stain; Mushy Rot; Smudge; Diseases Caused by Bacteria and a Yeast: Xanthomonas Blight; Leaf Streak and Bulb Rot; Soft Rot; Slippery Skin; Sour Skin; Other Bacterial Diseases; Yeast Soft Rot; Diseases Cause d by Nematodes: Stem & Bulb Nematode (Bloat); Lesion Nematode; Root-Knot Nematode; Stubby Root Nematode; Sting Nematode; Diseases Caused by Viruses and Mycoplasmalike Organisms: Onion Yellow Dwarf; Shallot Latent Virus; Garlic Mosaic; Aster Yellows; Parasitic Flowering Plants: Dodder; Part 2: Noninfectious Abiotic Conditions; Temperature Stress; Air Pollution; Hail and Storm Injury; Chemical Response; Soil Acidity and Alkalinity (pH); Mineral Deficiencies & Toxicities; Genetic Abnormalities; Greening; Sunscald; Translucent Scale; Waxy Breakdown; Glossary; Index; Color Plates