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Maas, John |
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Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter Publication Acceptance Date: 8/10/1998 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Book Chapter - No Interpretive Summary required. Technical Abstract: The Second Edition of the Compendium of Strawberry Diseases, as was the First Edition, is designed to aid plant pathologists and other agricultural workers in the diagnosis of strawberry diseases, pathogens and pests, and non-pathogenic disorders due to environmental causes. The Second Edition has been greatly revised. Although fewer pages, this edition incorporates more, up to date information contributed by authors from around the world. The revised edition reflects changing cultural methods, cultivars, and expansion of strawberry culture as a major crop in many countries, from the humid tropic climate of Indonesia to the cold temperate climate of Scandinavia. Suggested control measures are purposely general, stressing principles and cultural practices that are not likely to become obsolete and that are applicable in various strawberry-growing areas of the world. Increased emphases have been given to the use of integrated pest management (IPM) and application of predators and other biocontrol agents as these practices become more entrenched in strawberry culture. |
