Virus and Virus-Like Diseases of Major Crops in Developing Countries (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781402012303)

It appears that a comprehensive and up-to-date book on the impact of virus diseases on the major crops in developing countries is now much needed, especially as there have been rapid advances in the biological and molecular characterization and detection of the pathogens and possible approaches for their control. On the other hand, the economic losses caused by many of these diseases are tremendous and much of the accumulated knowledge to diminish the crop losses has not filtered through, or cannot be applied.
This book is focused on the important crops. Each chapter on a specific crop will include inter alia, geographical distribution, the viruses - symptoms, damage, detection - a brief description of the viruses concerned, and present and future ways for their control. Experts from India, Nigeria, UK, USA, France, Germany, Peru, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Venezuela, Kazakhstan and Israel (many of them from the International Research Institutions) have contributed chapters to this book.

Author: Gad Loebenstein
ISBN-10: 1402012306
ISBN-13: 9781402012303
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2004
Pages: 800
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.51lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.66w x 1.50d