Download or read book Plant-disease Development and Control written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Plant and Animal Pests and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of disease; The causes of disease; Diagnosis and control; Diseases caused by biotic agents; Fungi as plant pathogens; Bacteria as plant pathogens; Viruses as plant pathogens; Diseases caused by abiotic factors; Disease dynamics - the environment; The atmospheric environment; The soil environment; Disease dynamics - inoculum and the diseased plant; Disease dynamics - populations; Host-parasite interactions; Diagnosis of plant diseases; General approaches to disease control; Avoidance of the pathogen; Exclusion of the pathogen; Eradication of the pathogen; Protection of the plant; Development of resistant hosts; Therapy applied to the diseased plant; Cultural and biological control of disease; Producing and using pathogen-free propagating material; Adjusting crop culture to minimize disease; Sanitation; Control through disease resistance; Control through the use of chemicals; The strategy of control; Plant pathology faces the future; Glossary of plant-pathological.