Part one: Introduction. Plant diseases and the major pathogen groups -- A brief history of plant nematology -- A brief history of mycology -- A brief history of phytobacteriology -- A brief history of plant virology -- Part two: Unintended consequences. The bacterium of many colors -- The opportunistic fungus -- The deadly debacle from Dixie -- On a slow boat from China: exotic introductions from the Orient -- Part three: Novel control measures. Plant parasite from the animal kingdom -- The sweet corn disease of Long Island -- The New England Yankee who saved the South -- Bread or barberry? -- France's problems of the vine imported from America -- Part four: New pathology and scientific concepts -- The birds and the bees in mycology: the complicated sex lives of rust fungi -- Are all wheat viruses soilborne? -- Disease magnets -- The centennial rust disease -- The charter member of the Root Pathogen Club -- The mysterious lives of those elusive gram-positive Nebraska natives -- The three amigos: a virus complex with 300-plus hosts -- The original genetic engineer -- Harnessing good microbes for use against bad: biological control of soilborne pathogens through suppressive soils -- Index.
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