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Tables of Contents for Plant Problems
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
6
4
Part one Understanding plants and their problems
10
152
What is a plant?
12
12
The plant kingdom
24
8
Life forms
32
4
The merits of mongrels
36
8
Pathogens - organisms that cause disease
44
6
How pathogens grow and feed
50
6
Attack and defence
56
10
Viruses and plant diseases
66
4
Pests and plant damage
70
10
The nature of ecology
80
6
The influence of climate
86
12
Understanding soil
98
8
Other problems
106
6
Weeds
112
6
The spread of plant problems
118
6
Prediction of plant problems
124
4
Control: physical and cultural
128
18
Control: biological
146
4
Control: chemical
150
12
Part two Problem identification and treatment
162
52
100 common problems
164
20
Keys to plant problems
184
30
Indexes to plant problems
214
6
Index
220
4
Acknowledgements
224