Thurston, H. David. <br/><br/>
Tropical plant diseases  / 
H. David Thurston. 
 - 2nd edition 
 - St. Paul, Minn. :  American Phytopathological Society,  c1998. 
 - vii, 200 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> CONTENTS<br/><br/>The tropics<br/>Farming in the tropics<br/>The importance of tropical plant diseases<br/>Rice<br/>Rice blast<br/>Rice hoja blanca diseases<br/>Maize<br/>Philippine downy mildew<br/>Sorghum<br/>Millets<br/>Root and tuber crops<br/>Cassava<br/>African cassava Mosaic<br/>Sweet potatoes<br/>Yams<br/>Food grain legumes<br/>Common bean<br/>Web blight of beans<br/>Soybeans<br/>Peanuts<br/>Cowpeas<br/>Pigeonpeas<br/>Mungbeans<br/>Bananas and plantains<br/>Fusarium wilt of bananas<br/>Moko disease of bananas<br/>Coffee<br/>Coffee rust<br/>Cacao<br/>Monilia pod rot of cacao<br/>Tea<br/>Tropical fruits and nuts<br/>Citrus canker<br/>sugarcane<br/>ratoon stunting disease of sugarcane<br/>Vegetables<br/>Oil crops: coconuts<br/>Oil palm<br/>sesame<br/>rubber<br/>south American leaf blight of rubber<br/>fiber crops<br/>cotton<br/>forages<br/>spices<br/>tobacco<br/>Drug crops<br/> 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0890541965 9780890541968 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tropical crops--Diseases and pests.<br/>Plant diseases--Tropics.<br/>Phytopathogenic microorganisms--Control--Tropics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>632.30913  / THU