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Am. Phytopathological Soc.

Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — March 2008
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Mineral nutrition and plant disease.

Ed. by Lawrence E. Datnoff et al.
Am. Phytopathological Soc., ©2007    278 p.    $89.00    QK867
978-0-89054-346-7

This compilation collects current knowledge on the effect of mineral nutrition on plant diseases, and explains the interdependent interaction of these nutrients with each other and with the plant's physiology, genetics, and environment. Sixteen of the 18 chapters focus on a specific essential mineral element, summarizing critical levels involved in plant disease interactions, the effects of the nutrients on pathogens and plants, and the known mechanisms by which the nutrients suppress plant diseases. Tables correlate diseases to susceptible cereals, vegetable crops, legumes, fruit tress, tubers, and ornamentals. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Pioneering women in plant pathology.

Ed. by Jean Beagle Ristaino.
Am. Phytopathological Soc., ©2008    339 p.    $89.00    SB728
978-0-89054-359-7

Ristiano (plant pathology, North Carolina State U.), with the American Phytopathological Society, presents career biographies of 27 female plant pathologists from Europe, early U.S. Department of Agriculture years, and North American Universities. Subjects include mycologist Mary Elizabeth Banning; nematologists Edna Marie Buhrer and Grace Cobb; and virologist Rosalind Franklin, better known for the controversial use of her X-ray crystallography of DNA by Watson and Crick. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Potato health management, 2d ed.

Ed. by Dennis A. Johnson.
Am. Phytopathological Soc., ©2008    261 p.    $89.00    SB608
978-0-89054-353-5

Intended for farmers and advisors, the 23 chapters in this practical collection describe techniques for preventing potato pests and diseases before planting, during growth, and after harvest. Johnson is professor of plant pathology at Washington State University, and the contributors are American academics or USDA employees. Originally published in 1993, the second edition adds color photographs and chapters on economics, home gardening, and organic production. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)