Diseases of Woody Ornamentals and Trees in Nurseries

Diseases of Woody Ornamentals and Trees in Nurseries

 Author: Ronald K. Jones, D. Michael Benson
ISBN: 9780890542644
Pages: 350
Format: 22 Χ 28
Binding: Paperback
Pub. Year: 2001


Use the current information in this manual to maintain and grow healthy nursery plant stock. Diseases of Woody Ornamentals and Trees in Nurseries covers diagnosis and control of more than 65 ornamental crops (shrubs, ground covers and shade trees) grown in nurseries throughout the United States.

A summary of timely control measures is given for each disease in this book. These control strategies provide an in-depth guide to integrated disease management including, cultural control, sanitation, resistance, fungicides and bactericides as well as information on control of various pathogen groups. Many of the crop chapters include information on cultivar resistance to plant disease. The role of recycled water in disease development and ways to manage pathogens in recycled irrigation water is also covered. Readers are helped further by 160 color plates illustrating disease symptoms, tissue culture techniques to eliminate pathogens from propagation stock, a state-by-state list of disease occurrences to make you aware of local problems, and an explanation of the role of plant diagnostic clinics in assisting nurseries in disease diagnosis.

Diseases of Woody Ornamentals and Trees in Nurseries presents state-of -the-art information on important nursery crop issues. It explains the latest horticultural practices in relation to the prevention, diagnosis and control of diseases on nursery stock and may be used by anyone involved with the care of these valuable plants including: nursery professionals, extension specialists, county agents, growers, tree-care professionals, master gardeners, researchers, educators, and regulatory personnel.

Table of Contents

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; Plant Disease Development; Abiotic Cause of Disease; Abiotic Diseases of Woody Ornamentals; Biotic Cause of Disease; Fungi; Bacteria; Nematodes; Viruses; Phytoplasmas; Botrytis Blight (Gray Mold); Crown Gall; Cylindrocladium Diseases; Damping-Off of Seeds and Seedlings and Cutting Rot; Nematode Diseases; Phytophthora Root Rot and Dieback; Powdery Mildew; Diseases Caused by Pseudomonas syringae; Rhizoctonia Web Blight; Southern Blight (Sclerotium rolfsii); Verticillium Wilt (Verticillium dahliae); Diseases of Specific Crops; Arborvitae; Ash; Aucuba (Japanese Laurel); Azalea; Barberry; Birch; Boxwood; Camellia; Cedrus; Cotoneaster; Crapemyrtle; Cryptomeria; Daphne; Dogwood; Eleagnus; Elm; English Ivy; Euonymus; Fatsia and Χ Fatshedera; Fir; Flowering Crabapple; Flowering Pear ; Forsythia; Gardenia; Ginkgo; Hawthorn; Hibiscus; Holly; Honeylocust; Hydrangea; Indian Hawthorn; Ixora; Juniper; Leucothoe; Leyland Cypress; Ligustrum; Lilac; Linden ; Lonicera (Honeysuckle); Magnolia; Maple; Mountain Laurel; Nandina (Heavenly Bamboo); Oleander; Osmanthus; Palm; Photinia; Pieris; Pine; Pittosporum; Podocarpus (Southern Yew); Poplar; Prunus; Pyracantha; Redbud; Rhododendron; Rose; Sourwood; Spirea; Sycamore and Planetree; Taxus; Ternstroemia; Tuliptree; Viburnum; Wax Myrtle (Bayberry); Disease Management; An Introduction to the Management of Infectious Plant Diseases In the Nursery; Integrated Disease Management in the Nursery; Sanitation: Plant Health from Start to Finish; Horticultural Practices to Reduce Disease Development; Control of Fungal Diseases; Control of Bacterial Diseases; Control of Viral Diseases; Control of Nematode Diseases; Fungicides for Ornamental Crops in the Nursery; Bactericides; Disease Management For Nurseries Using Recycling Irrigation Systems; Disease Resistance; Mycorrhiza Effects on Diseases; Biological Control of Woody Ornamental Diseases; Plant Problem Diagnosis and Plant Diagnostic Clinics; Tissue Culture of Woody Plants; Regulatory Control; Appendix; Diseases of Woody Ornamentals and Trees by State; Glossary