Despite their reputations as hardy plants with relatively long shelf lived, these closely-related vegetables are subject to blights, smudges, yeast, rots, stains and molds. This account considers all of them, infectious and not, at an international level, giving a general description of each disease, its importance, world distribution, symptoms, causes, disease cycle and epidemiology, management and recent research. Entries cover diseases of subterranean and aerial parts caused by fungi and oomycetes (such as Fusarium ...
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Despite their reputations as hardy plants with relatively long shelf lived, these closely-related vegetables are subject to blights, smudges, yeast, rots, stains and molds. This account considers all of them, infectious and not, at an international level, giving a general description of each disease, its importance, world distribution, symptoms, causes, disease cycle and epidemiology, management and recent research. Entries cover diseases of subterranean and aerial parts caused by fungi and oomycetes (such as Fusarium diseases, leaf blight, downy mildew, rust and smut), of bulbs caused by fungi (black or blue mold, mushy rot and smudge), and those caused by bacteria and yeast (sour skin, center rot, yeast soft rot), nematodes (needle and sting nematodes), viruses and phytoplasmas (garlic mosaic, iris yellow spot), and parasitic flowering plants (dodder). This also covers pests (maggots, leafminers, cutworms) and noninfectious or abiotic conditions (lightening injury, mineral deficiencies and greening abnormalities). Includes photos and glossary.
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