Fungous Diseases and Insect Pests

Fungi and Fungous Diseases

variety of current theories (and it would seem, "facts"), this is a hard book to recommend to the student because of the wide variety of levels it presents. Demerec's extremely clear paper on genetic studies in bacteria starts off with an explanation of Mendelian factors and could easily illuminate a class of undergraduates, where Hogness' more sophisticated discussion of isolated viral DNA wou...

Fungous Diseases: A Clinico-Mycological Text

In reviewing this book from the standpoint of the general practitioner or of one whose chief interest is not in Dermatology, one is immediately impressed with the great usefulness of this concise and graphic presentation of the subject. As the authors declare, the work is intended primarily for students, and the effort has been to produce a volume which would cover the fundamentals of Dermatolo...

Insect pests of tea and their management.

Globally, 1031 species of arthropods are associated with the intensively managed tea Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze monoculture. All parts of the plant, leaf, stem, root, flower, and seed, are fed upon by at least one pest species, resulting in an 11%-55% loss in yield if left unchecked. There has been heavy use of organosynthetic pesticides since the 1950s to defend the plant against these p...

Insect and Disease Pests of Southern Hardwoods

In natural stands, trunk borers are economically the most serious insect pests. The larvae construct galleries in the trunks of living trees, causing the greatest damage in the lower portion (Beal 1952; Hay and Wootten 1955). The quality of the butt log, which is potentially the most valuable portion of the tree, is greatly reduced. Oaks suffer more damage than other hardwoods in the South (Hay...

Transgenic Vegetable Crops for Managing Insect Pests and Fungal and Viral Diseases