Ganoderma Diseases of Perennial Crops

by Julie Flood, Paul D. Bridge, Mark Holderness

Overview

Ganoderma is a fungal pathogen that causes diseases on a variety of perennial crops including oil, palm, tea, rubber and coconut. Basal stem rot of oil palm caused by Ganoderma is considered the single major disease constraint to oil palm production in South East Asia, where losses can reach 80% after repeated planting cycles. Chapters in the book are based on presentations given at regional research workshops, one held in Egham, UK in August 1998, the other in Serdang, Malaysia in October 1998.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851993881
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	12/11/2000
Series:	Cabi Series
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Julie Flood is with CABI Bioscience, Egham, UK.

Paul Bridge is the former Director of Bioservices at CABI, Head of Evolutionary Biology Group at British Antarctic Survey, and Kew Chair of Mycology at Birkbeck. He has a 30 year history in practical microbial systematics in agricultural and environmental programs. He is the author of over 150 scientific papers, chapters and reviews and co-editor for 10 books.

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is a fungal pathogen that causes diseases in a variety of perennial crops, including oil palm, tea, rubber, and coconut. It's considered a major constraint on palm oil production in Southeast Asia, where losses to basal stem rot caused by can reach 80 percent after repeated planting cycles. Chapters in this book, based on presentations at regional workshops in Egham, UK, in August 1998 and in Serdang, Malaysia, in October 1998, describe topics related to disease identification and control, molecular variability, and diagnostic testing. Of interest in plant pathology, agronomy, and tropical agriculture. The book is distributed by Oxford U. Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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