Abstract
Acknowledgements 1. Perspective Part I. Biology and Control of Plant Diseases: 2. Causes and spread of plant disease 3. How pathogens attack plants 4. How plants defend against pathogens 5. Ecological considerations 6. Disease controls and their limitations Part II. Natural History of Some Destructive Diseases: 7. Native plants, alien pathogens 8. Alien plants, native pathogens 9. Pathogens overtake movement of crop plants 10. Monoculture: removal of ecological restraints 11. Monoculture: pathogen adaptability 12. Monoculture: Cochliobolus diseases with toxins 13. Monoculture: Alternaria diseases with toxins 14. Diseases amplified by changes in agriculture 15. Anthropogenic reintroduction each year 16. Abiotic diseases: damage from air pollution 17. Prospectus Glossary: technical terms used in the texts References Index.
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