| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 155 pages) : illustrations |
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Plant Pathology in the 21st Century, Contributions to the 9th International Congress ; 3 |
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International Congress of Plant Pathology (9th : 2008 : Turin, Italy).
Plant pathology in the 21st century ; 3
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| Contents |
Plant diseases and the world's dependence on rice / R.S. Zeigler, S. Savary -- Development of appropriate strategies to control cassava diseases in Ghana / E. Moses -- Biosecurity in the movement of commodities as a component of global food security / N.A. van der Graaff, W. Khoury -- ISPP and the challenge of food security / Peter Scott, Richard Strange -- Globalisation and the threat to biosecurity / Harry C. Evans, James M. Waller -- Genetic modification (GM) as a new tool in the resistance toolbox / Thomas Hohn, Gabriele Schachermayr -- The role of plant pathology and biotechnology in food security in Africa / James M. Onsando, Florence Wambugu -- The secondary metabolite toxin, Sirodesmin PL, and its role in virulence of the blackleg fungus / Barbara J. Howlett [and others] -- Biological and chemical complexity of Fusarium proliferatum / Robert H. Proctor, Anne E. Desjardins, Antonio Moretti -- Bioterrorism : a threat to plant biosecurity? / J.P. Stack, F. Suffert, M.L. Gullino -- The revised international plant protection convention : a new context for plant quarantine / William Roberts -- Pest risk analysis as applied to plant pathogens / Françoise Petter, Sarah Brunel, Muriel Suffert |
| Summary |
Views the vulnerability of our crops in general to devastating diseases as well as specifically the disease problems of two important staples, rice and cassava |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Plant diseases -- Congresses
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Plant diseases -- Congresses -- Prevention
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Crops -- Congresses -- Protection
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Crops -- Congresses -- Safety measures
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Food security -- Congresses
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Plant diseases.
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Crop zones.
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Food Safety
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Plant Diseases
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Crops, Agricultural
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Crop zones
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Crops
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Food security
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Plant diseases
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Strange, Richard N.
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Gullino, M. Lodovica (Maria Lodovica)
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International Congress of Plant Pathology (9th : 2008 : Torino, Italy)
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| ISBN |
9781402089329 |
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1402089325 |
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