Compendium of Potato Diseases

About this book

Compendium of Potato Diseases, Second Edition includes up-to-date information on diseases and disorders affecting potatoes worldwide. Since its first publication 20 years ago, key pathogens and management practices have greatly expanded, and the international importance of many pathogens has changed. Strengthened with nearly 200 color photographs, this practical reference will help growers and their advisors in the field make accurate diagnoses and improve disease control. Includes many diagrams that further illustrate symptoms and causal agents of diseases. This new edition covers the most current information available on potato diseases and provides easy-to-understand descriptions of diseases. Growers, crop consultants, extension agents, researchers, students, teachers, and everyone who works with potatoes will find Compendium of Potato Diseases useful for studying, diagnosing, and managing potato diseases.

Contents

Introduction
   Origin, History, and Importance of the Potato
   Development and Anatomy of the Potato Plant
   Tuber Periderm and Disease Resistance
   Tuber Respiration and Oxygen-Temperature Relationships
   Potato Disease Management Strategies

Part I. Disease in the Presence of Infectious Pathogens
Diseases Caused by Bacteria
   Bacterial Ring Rot
   Blackleg, Aerial Stem Rot, and Tuber Soft Rot
   Brown Rot
   Bacterial Soft Rot Caused by Clostridium spp.
   Common Scab
Disease of Unknown Cause
      Pink Eye
Diseases Caused by Fungi
   Black Dot
   Brown Spot and Black Pit
   Cercospora Leaf Blotch
   Charcoal Rot
   Choanephora Blight
   Common Rust
   Deforming Rust
   Early Blight
   Fusarium Dry Rot and Fusarium Wilt
   Gangrene
   Gray Mold
   Late Blight
   Leak
   Mycorrhizal Relationships
   Phoma Leaf Spot
   Pink Rot
   Pleospora herbarum Infection
   Powdery Mildew
   Powdery Scab
   Canker and Black Scurf
   Rosellinia Black Rot
   Septoria Leaf Spot
   Silver Scurf
   Skin Spot
   Stem Rot
   Thecaphora Smut
   Ulocladium Blight
   Verticillium Wilt
   Wart
   White Mold
Diseases Caused by Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
   Potato Cyst Nematodes
   Potato Rot Nematode
   Root-Knot Nematodes
   Root-Lesion Nematodes
   Sting Nematode
   Stubby-Root Nematodes
Diseases Caused by Phytoplasmas
   Aster Yellows Diseases
   Witches'-Broom
Diseases Caused by Viruses and Viroids
   Alfalfa mosaic virus
   Potato leafroll virus
   Potato mop-top virus
   Potato spindle tuber viroid
   Potato virus A
   Potato virus M
   Potato virus S
   Potato virus T
   Potato virus X
   Potato virus Y
   Tobacco rattle virus
   Tomato spotted wilt virus
Disease Caused by Insect Toxin
      Psyllid Yellows

Part II. Disease in the Absence of Infectious Pathogens
Nutrient Imbalances
Physiological Disorders and Injuries Affecting Potato Plants
   Aerial Tubers
   Air Pollution Injury
   Coiled Sprouts
   Hail Injury
   High-Temperature Injury to Stems and Foliage
   Leafroll (Nonviral)
   Lightning Injury
   Low-Temperature Injury to Stems and Foliage
   Second Growth
   Tipburn
   Wind Injury
Disorders of Tubers: External Symptoms
   Elephant Hide
   Enlarged Lenticels
   Hair Sprout
   Jelly End
   Sunscald
   Tuber Cracking
   Tuber Greening
   Tuber Malformation
Physiological Disorders of Tubers: Internal Symptoms
   Blackheart
   Brown Center and Hollow Heart
   Internal Brown Spot and Heat Necrosis
   Internal Sprouts
   Low-Temperature Injury to Tubers
   Translucent End
   Vascular Necrosis
Chemical Injury
Tuber Mechanical Damage

Glossary
Index

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