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Handbook of Florists' Crops Diseases

  • Up-to-date, concise information on integrated disease management
  • Detailed information on the international economic impact of the florists’ crops industry
  • Provides information about advances in disease diagnosis
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Handbook of Plant Disease Management (HPDM)

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Table of contents (43 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Florists’ Crops: Global Trends and Disease Impact

    • Robert J. McGovern, Wade H. Elmer
    Pages 1-9
  3. Components of Integrated Disease Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. Fundamentals and Advances in Plant Problem Diagnostics

      • Tim Schubert, Ayyamperumal Jeyaprakash, Carrie Harmon
      Pages 13-39
    3. Nutritional Disorders of Florists’ Crops

      • Rosa E. Raudales
      Pages 41-67
    4. Environment Modification for Disease Management

      • Maria Lodovica Gullino, Angelo Garibaldi
      Pages 119-136
    5. Soil/Media Disinfestation for Management of Florists’ Crops Diseases

      • Erin N. Rosskopf, Nancy Kokalis-Burelle, Steven A. Fennimore, Cheryl A. Wilen
      Pages 167-199
    6. Mineral Nutrition and Florists’ Crops Diseases

      • Lawrence E. Datnoff, Wade H. Elmer
      Pages 237-251
    7. Postharvest Disease Management

      • Anastasios I. Darras
      Pages 253-279
  4. Florists’ Crops Diseases: Cut Flowers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 281-281
    2. Diseases of Anthurium

      • Anne M. Alvarez
      Pages 283-316
    3. Diseases of Carnation

      • Silvia M. Wolcan, Ismael Malbrán, Cecilia A. Mourelos, Marina N. Sisterna, Mirian del P. González, Adriana M. Alippi et al.
      Pages 317-378
    4. Diseases of Celosia

      • Ann B. Gould
      Pages 379-417
    5. Diseases of China Aster

      • Harukuni Horita, Robert J. McGovern
      Pages 419-437
    6. Diseases of Chrysanthemum

      • Jane C. Trolinger, Robert J. McGovern, Wade H. Elmer, Nancy A. Rechcigl, Christine M. Shoemaker
      Pages 439-502
    7. Diseases of Delphinium

      • Stephen N. Wegulo
      Pages 503-531

About this book

Chapters outline up-to-date strategies regarding breeding, chemical and biological control, cultural and environmental manipulation, diagnosis, nutrition, and sanitation and how these approaches directly influence ornamental plant health. This book is a presentation of the latest techniques for disease management by a global team of experts. The book addresses the major diseases of economically important ornamentals with the goal of capturing the latest disease management strategies along with diagnostic photographs. Florists’ crops production has evolved considerably through new technological advances in irrigation, environmental control, along with the appearance of new centers of large scale production of plant material. These changes have necessitated the development of newer and innovative ways of suppressing pathogenic fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • NBD Research Co. Ltd., Lampang, Thailand

    Robert J. McGovern

  • Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, USA

    Wade H. Elmer

About the editors

Dr. McGovern obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in plant pathology from Cornell. He spent 5 years in the ornamentals industry as a plant pathologist and director of the Horticulture and Diagnostic Department of Frank’s Nursery & Crafts, Inc., Detroit, MI. He is a professor emeritus in the Department of Plant Pathology, and past director of the Plant Medicine Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Dr. McGovern also directed several diagnostic clinics in industry and academia and helped to establish the USDA-coordinated National Plant Diagnostic Network. He is currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, and senior consultant, NBD Research Co., Ltd., Lampang, Thailand.

Dr. Elmer received his M.S. and Ph.D. in plant pathology at Virginia Tech and Michigan State University, respectively.  He came to The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven, CT in 1987.  Overthe past 30 years, Dr. Elmer’s research has been designed to understand the ecology and biology of soilborne pathogens on ornamentals and vegetables He has developed expertise on diseases caused by species of Fusarium. He has authored over 100 peer reviewed articles.  Currently, he serves as the Chief of the Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.


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