London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1913. — 320 p.The very rapid development of plant pathology during the past few years and the increasing interest in tropical agriculture have led the writer to prepare this introductory work on the Diseases of Tropical Plants.
An extensive study of the fungi, bacteria, and other organisms which cause the diseases of plants was a necessary preliminary to the development of plant pathology, and the progress in this subject has been much more rapid in the north temperate zone than in the tropics. In the past few years, however, there has been a great awakening of interest in these studies throughout both the eastern and western tropics. The eastern and western tropics have each their own peculiar problems; and it is too much to expect of any one person that he should be familiar with all of them. In this connection the writer wishes to say that his own experiences have been restricted entirely to the American tropics.
This work is intended primarily for the planter; but it is hoped that it may be of some service to the student.Contents:
The Nature and Symptoms of Diseases.
The plant in health and disease.
Causes of disease.
Symptoms of disease.
Common terms used in designating diseases.
The Structure and Functions of Plants.
The plant kingdom.
Structure of plants.
The vegetative organs of the plant.
Physiology.
Bacteria.
Fungi.
Saprophytes and parasites.
Reproduction.
Distribution of spores.
Resistance and germination.
Habits of fungi.
Classification of Fungi.
Phycomycetes.
Ascomycetes.
Basidiomycetes.
Fungi Imperfecta.
Other Causes of Plant Diseases.
Slime moulds.
Seed plants.
Insects.
Bacteria.
Nematodes.
Environmental and functional or physiological diseases.
Diseases of Sugar-cane — Corn — Pigeon Pea — Rice — Cotton — Citrus Fruits — Pine Apple — PaPaw — Banana — Mango — Avocado — Fig — Guava — Olive.
Diseases of Tobacco — Coffee — Tea — Cacao — Rubber — Coco-nut — Palms.
Diseases of Potato — Tomato — Egg-plant — Pepper — Bean — Pea — Peanut — Cabbage — Onion — Beet — Lettuce — Celery — Sweet Potato — Taro — Cassava — Cucumber — Passion Vine — Vanilla — Clove — Ginger — Nutmeg — Ramie — Mulberry.
Diseases of Forest and Ornamental Trees.
Entomogenous Fungi.
Prevention and Control.
Fungicides and Spraying Apparatus.
