Download or read book Nature and Prevention of Plant Diseases written by K. Starr Chester and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Significance of plant disease in agriculture; Types of plant disease: fungi; Diseases caused by basidiomycetes: rusts; Diseases caused by basidiomycetes: smuts; Diseases caused by basidiomycetes: fleshy fungi; mycorrhizae; Diseases caused by ascomycetes; Diseases caused by imperfect fungi; Diseases caused by phycomycetes and related fungi; Damping-off and related troubles; Diseases caused by bacteria; Diseases caused by viruses; Diseases caused by parasitic seed plants and algae; epiphytes; Diseases caused by nematodes or eelworms; Physiogenic diseases; The methods of studying plant diseases; Environment and parasitic disease; Etiology and epiphytology of disease; Principles and procedures in the control of plant diseases; control of plant diseases by regulation; Control of plant disease by inducing resistance; Control of plant diseases by cultural methods.