Phytophthora : Symposium of the British Mycological Society, the British Society for Plant Pathology, and the Society of Irish Plant Pathologists held at Trinity College, Dublin, September 1989 / edited by J.A. Lucas [and others]

Lucas, John Alexander (1948- )

1991, 1st edition. Cambridge ; New York : Published for the British Mycological Society by Cambridge University Press. Review copy. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #396987
ISBN: 0521400805

Physical description; 447 pp.: illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; 1. The Rev. Miles Berkeley and the blight of the potato -- 2. Potato blight in Europe in 1845: the scientific controversy -- 3. Phytophthora infestans: the Mexican connection -- 4. Host-pathogen interactions -- 5. Ultrastructural and immunological studies of zoospores of Phytophthora -- 6. Surface-related host-pathogen interactions in Phytophthora -- 7. Molecular aspects of host-pathogen interactions in Phytophthora -- 8. Current questions in Phytophthora systematics -- 9. Relationships between non-papillate soilborne species of Phytophthora root rot of raspberry -- 10. Variation in the species of the Phytophthora megasperma complex -- 11. Molecular approaches in Phytophthora taxonomy using polymorphisms in mitochondrial and nuclear DNA -- 12. Relationships between Phytophthora species: evidence from isozyme analysis -- 13. Molecular mapping in Phytophthora infestans -- 14. Variation in ploidy in Phytophthora infestans -- 15. Inheritance of virulence and other phenotypic traits in Phytophthora infestans -- 16. Isozymes in Phytophthora infestans -- 17. Parasexual genetics in Phytophthora -- 18. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms in Phytophthora infestans -- 19. Transformation in Phytophthora parasitica -- 20. Towards gene-transfer systems and understanding gene structure in Phytophthora infestans -- 21. Forecasting and control strategies for potato late blight -- 22. Current problems in chemical control of late blight: the Northern Ireland experience -- 23. Phenylamides and Phytophthora -- 24. Synergism among fungicides for control of Phytophthora -- 25. Development and evaluation of blight resistant potato cultivars -- 26. Microbial suppression of Phytophthora cinnamomi -- 27. Chemical and biological control of Phytophthora species in woody plants -- 28. Strategies for the integrated control of soilborne Phytophthora species -- Index. Subjects; Berkeley, M. J (Miles Joseph) 1803-1889 Studies. Phytophthora diseases ; Congresses. Late blight of potato. Genetics. Mycology. Pathologies.

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