Compendium of Apple and Pear Diseases (Ασθένειες μήλου και αχλαδιού - έκδοση στα αγγλικά)

Compendium of Apple and Pear Diseases

International in scope, this book discusses diseases and disorders of all significant cultivars. Simply match the symptoms on your plants with one of the book's color photographs. Then refer to the corresponding text which describes the related symptoms, causes, cycles, and control practices.

Contents

Introduction; Origin of Domestic Apples and Pears; Growth and Fruiting Habits; Cultivars; Rootstocks; Growing Systems; Harvest and Handling

Part 1: Infectious Diseases

Diseases Caused by Fungi; Foliar and Fruit Diseases; Apple Scab; Powdery Mildew; Rust Diseases; Cedar Apple Rust; Japanese Pear Rust; Quince Rust; European Pear Rust; American Hawthorn Rust; Kern's Pear Rust; Pacific Coast Pear Rust; Rocky Mountain Pear Rust; Japanese Apple Rust; Bitter Rot; White Rot; Black Rot; Pear Scab; Fabraea Leaf Spot; Other Foliar and Fruit Diseases; Alternaria Blotch; Japanese Pear Black Spot; Brooks Fruit Spot; Phoma Leaf and Fruit Spot; Blotch; Black Pox of Apple and Blister Canker of Pear; Apple Ring Rot; X-spot; Dry Eye Rot; Calyx-End Rot; Moldy Core and Core Rot; Phytophthora Fruit Rot; Monilia Leaf Blight; Brown Rot Diseases; Mycosphaerella Leaf Spot; Marssonina Blotch; Zonate Leaf Spot; Thread Blight; Canker and Wood Rot Diseases; Nectria Twig Blight; Nectria Canker; Anthracnose and Perennial Canker; Diaporthe Canker; Phomopsis Canker, Rough Bark, and Fruit Decay; Valsa Canker; Leucostoma Canker; Diplodia Canker; Nailhead Canker; Monochaetia Twig Canker; Silver Leaf; Wood Rots; Root Rot and Replant Diseases; Phytophthora Crown, Collar, and Root Rots; Rosellinia (Dematophora) Root Rot; Apple Replant Disease; Black Root Rot; Armillaria and Clitocybe Root Rots; Phymatotrichum Root Rot; Southern Blight; White Root Rot; Violet Root Rot; Peniophora Root Canker; Postharvest Diseases; Blue Mold; Gray Mold; Bull's-Eye Rot; Alternaria Rot; Mucor Rot Side Rot; Minor Postharvest Diseases; Cladosporium Rot; Coprinus Rot; Fisheye Rot; Pink Rot; Rhizopus Rot; Spongy Dry Rot; Pleospora Rot; Miscellaneous Postharvest Decay Fungi

Diseases Caused by Bacteria; Fire Blight; Blister Spot; Bacterial Blossom Blast; Bacterial Blister Bark; Crown Gall; Hairy Root

Diseases Caused by Mycoplasmas; Apple Proliferation; Pear Decline; Rubbery Wood; Chat Fruit; Apple Decline; Plant-Parasitic Nematodes; Root-Lesion Nematodes; Dagger Nematodes; Other Nematodes

Virus and Graft-Transmissible Diseases; Apple Topworking Disease; Apple Union Necrosis and Decline; Apple Scar Skin and Dapple Apple; Apple Mosaic; Transmissible Fruit Disorders; Transmissible Bark Disorders; Dead Spur; Pear Vein Yellows; Stony Pit; Pear Ring Pattern Mosaic; Pear Bark Diseases; Concentric Ring Pattern

Part 2: Noninfectious Disorders

Nutritional Disorders; Disorders Caused by Environmental Factors; Genetic and Physiological Disorders; Burrknot; Internal Bark Necrosis; Necrotic Leaf Blotch; Postharvest Disorders; Bitter Pit; Black End of d'Anjou Pears; Core Breakdown; Cork Spot of d'Anjou Pears; Jonathan Spot; Pink End of Bartlett Pears; Pithy Brown Core; Storage Scald; Water Core of Apple

Glossary; Index; Color Plates