Sclerotinia pathogens infect more than 500 species of plants worldwide, including field and fruit crops, trees and shrubs. This vividly-illustrated and exhaustive text is the first ever compilation on all aspects of these ubiquitous pathogens.
Geographical Distribution.- History and Host Range.- Economic Importance.- The Disease and Symptoms.- Disease Assessment.- The Pathogen – Sclerotinia.- Reproduction and Reproductive Structures.- Ultrastructures.- Pathogenic Variability.- Perpetuation.- Infection and Pathogenesis.- Biochemistry of Host-Pathogen Interaction.- Physiology of Host-Pathogen Interaction.- Disease Cycle.- Epidemiology of Sclerotinia Diseases.- Disease Forecasting.- Disease Resistance.- Disease Management.- Sclerotinia as Mycoherbicide.- Phytotoxin, Phytoalexin, Fungal Viruses, Hypovirulence, Volatile Compounds of Sclerotinia.- Laboratory and Field Techniques.- Future Strategies and Priorities.