The irish potato famine : the birth of plant pathology -- The most important plant pathogens : fungi and oomycetes -- Coffee and rubber : monocultures and quarantines -- To grow a healthy plant : soil, water, and air -- Single-celled pathogens : bacteria -- People improving plants : genes and genetic engineering -- Roles people play : epidemics and their management -- Chemicals to protect plants : pesticides -- The world belowground : soilborne pathogens -- Natural poisons and gourmet delicacies : fungi in food -- Ancient and present-day foes: the rusts -- Diseases of the largest plants : trees -- The smallest pathogens : viruses and viroids -- Food for a hungry planet.
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