British Mycological Society and British Society for Plant Pathology Joint Presidential Meeting 2017 – Fungal Exploitation and Control

By the mid-1980s nucleic-acid based methods were penetrating the farthest reaches of biological science, triggering rivalries among practitioners, altering relationships among subfields, and transforming the research front. This article delivers a "bottom up" analysis of that transformation at work in one important area of biological science, plant pathology, by tracing the "molecularization" of efforts to understand and control one notorious plant disease——the late blight of potatoes. It mobilizes the research literature of late blight science as a tool through which to trace the changing typography of the research front from 1983 to 2003. During these years molecularization intensified the traditional fragmentation of the late blight research community, even as it dramatically integrated study of the causal organism into broader areas of biology. In these decades the pathogen responsible for late blight, the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, was discovered to be undergoing massive, frightening, and still largely unexplained genetic diversification——a circumstance that lends the episode examined here an urgency that reinforces its historiographical significance as a casestudy in the molecularization of the biological sciences.

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Plant Pathology. An Advanced Treatise. Volume II: The Pathogen.J. G. Horsfall , A. E. Dimond , Plant Pathology. An Advanced Treatise. Volume III: The Diseased Population. Epidemics and Control., J. G. Horsfall , A. E. Dimond

The Quarterly Review of Biology ◽

10.1086/403426 ◽

1961 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 221-222

Author(s):

J. C. Walker

Keyword(s):

Plant Pathology ◽

And Control

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Pestalotia Leaf Spot and Fruit Rot of Strawberry

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-pp357-2020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Juliana S. Baggio ◽

Natalia A. Peres

Keyword(s):

Plant Pathology ◽

Leaf Spot ◽

Fruit Production ◽

Causal Agent ◽

Fruit Rot ◽

Disease Development ◽

Plant Parts ◽

Pathology Department ◽

And Control

Pestalotiopsis-like fungi cause diseases on many different species of plants worldwide, including strawberry. The pathogen is not necessarily new to strawberry and was first reported causing fruit rot in Florida and Israel in the 1970s. However, during the 2018–19 and 2019–20 strawberry seasons, severe and unprecedented outbreaks were reported in Florida, characterized by symptoms on nearly all plant parts including roots, crowns, petioles, fruit, and leaves. This new 4-page publication of the UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department describes the disease and its causal agent and briefly covers what is known about disease development and control practices. This document will provide valuable information to strawberry nursery and fruit production growers. Written by Juliana S. Baggio and Natalia A. Peres.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pp357

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Botrytis Fruit Rot or Gray Mold of Strawberry

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-pp152-2006 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 2006 (15) ◽

Author(s):

James C. Mertely ◽

Natalia A. Peres

Keyword(s):

Plant Pathology ◽

Gray Mold ◽

Fruit Rot ◽

Disease Development ◽

Fact Sheet ◽

And Control

PP-230, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by J. C. Mertely and N. A. Peres, describes the symptoms, disease development, and control of one of the most important diseases of strawberry worldwide. Includes table of fungicides used to control Botrytis fruit rot of strawberry in Florida. Published by the UF Department of Plant Pathology, July 2006. PP230/PP152: Botrytis Fruit Rot or Gray Mold of Strawberry (ufl.edu)

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Diseases of Fruit Crops in Australia

10.1071/9780643098282 ◽

2009 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Keyword(s):

Plant Pathology ◽

Management Practices ◽

Control Measures ◽

New Work ◽

Fruit Crops ◽

High Quality ◽

Source Of Infection ◽

Management Personnel ◽

Nut Production ◽

And Control

Diseases of Fruit Crops in Australia is the new standard reference in applied plant pathology in Australia covering important diseases affecting the broad range of fruit and nut crops grown throughout Australia. It is an essential tool for growers, horticulturists, crop consultants, research scientists, plant pathologists, quarantine officers, agribusiness representatives, pest management personnel, educators and students. The book is generously illustrated with high quality colour images to help diagnose diseases and explains how to identify and manage each disease, describing the symptoms of the disease, its importance, the source of infection and spread and control measures. Based on the highly regarded 1993 edition of Diseases of Fruit Crops, this new work updates management practices that have evolved since then. Importantly, it contains the latest information on diseases that have recently emerged in Australia as well as exotic diseases that are biosecurity threats to Australian fruit and nut production.

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Alternaria Leaf and Pod Spot of Snap Bean in Florida

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-pp106-2009 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2009 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Shouan Zhang ◽

Aaron J. Palmateer ◽

Ken Pernezny ◽

Robert T. McMillan, Jr.

Keyword(s):

Plant Pathology ◽

Snap Bean ◽

Disease Cycle ◽

Fact Sheet ◽

And Control

Revised! PP-61, a 2-page illustrated fact sheet by Shouan Zhang, Aaron J. Palmateer, Ken Pernezny, and R. T. McMillan, Jr., describes this common and potentially destructive disease of snap bean in Florida — symptoms, cause and disease cycle, and control. Published by the UF Department of Plant Pathology, February 2009. PP-61/PP106: Alternaria Leaf and Pod Spot of Snap Bean in Florida (ufl.edu)

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