Content:

Part One GENERAL ASPECTS

1 INTRODUCTION

2 PARASITISM AND DISEASE DEVELOPMENT

3 EFFECTS OF PATHOGENS ON PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS

4 GENETICS OF PLANT DISEASE

5 HOW PATHOGENS ATTACK PLANTS

6 HOW PLANTS DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST PATHOGENS

7 ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFECTIOUS PLANT DISEASE

8 PLANT DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY

9 CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASES


Part Two SPECIFIC PLANT DISEASES

10 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT CAUSE PLANT DISEASES

11 PLANT DISEASES CAUSED BY FUNGI

12 PLANT DISEASES CAUSED BY PROKARYOTES: BACTERIA AND MOLLICUTES

13 PLANT DISEASES CAUSED BY PARASITIC HIGHER PLANTS, INVASIVE CLIMBING PLANTS, AND

PARASITIC GREEN ALGAE

14 PLANT DISEASES CAUSED BY VIRUSES

15 PLANT DISEASES CAUSED BY NEMATODES

16 PLANT DISEASES CAUSED BY FLAGELLATE PROTOZOA