Mango Malformation

2011
ISBN: 978-94-007-9034-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 148 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 265 g

Malformation disease of mango (Mangifera indica) initially noted in patches in India has now turned into a global menace wherever mango is grown. The challenge posed by the problem attracted interest of Scientists from various disciplines, continue to do so, and will attract their attention until the problem is understood threadbare, and resolved. For a long time, due to complex nature of the disease, the cause and causal agent was both hotly debated. Only in recent years, the issue of the etiology of the disease has been resolved, epidemiology has been worked out to a large extent and silver bullet control measures have been replaced by IPM strategy based on the information generated on the physiology of pathogenesis and epidemiology of the disease.

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chakrabarti, D. K.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Nutzpflanzen: Biologie, Genetik, Pflanzenzüchtung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata) Insekten (Entomologie)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- 1. Chronology in research on mango malformation.- 2. Geographical distribution of mango malformation.- 3. Economic importance.-  4. Symptoms.- 5. Cause.- 6. Epidemiology.- 7. Varietal susceptibility.- 8. Control measures.-  Epilogue.- Subject index.