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  • Front Cover; Diseases of Shade Trees; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I: INFECTIOUS DISEASES; Chapter 1. Introduction; FOREST TREES VERSUS SHADE TREES; TREE HEALTH CARE; CATEGORIES OF SHADE TREE DISEASES; Chapter 2. The Fungi; INTRODUCTION; NATURE OF THE FUNGI; IDENTIFICATION OF FUNGI THAT CAUSE TREE DISEASES; HOW PATHOGENIC FUNGI ENTER THE TREE; HOW FUNGI CAUSE DISEASES IN TREES; CONDITIONS FAVORING DISEASE BY FUNGI; Chapter 3. Bacteria; INTRODUCTION; HOW BACTERIA CAUSE DISEASE IN TREES; BACTERIAL DISEASES OF TREES; SUGGESTED REFERENCES
  • Chapter 4. NematodesINTRODUCTION; PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES; LIFE CYCLE; HOW NEMATODES CAUSE TREE DISEASE; NEMATODE DISEASES OF TREES; REFERENCE; SUGGESTED REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Viruses; INTRODUCTION; HOW VIRUSES CAUSE TREE DISEASE; SYMPTOMS; TREATMENT; VIRUS DISEASES OF TREES; VIRUS DISEASES OF ORNAMENTAL APPLES, CHERRIES, PEACHES, PEARS, AND PLUMS; SUGGESTED REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Mycoplasmas; INTRODUCTION; HOW MYCOPLASMAS CAUSE TREE DISEASE; SYMPTOMS; TREATMENT; MYCOPLASMA DISEASES OF TREES; OTHER COMMON MYCOPLASMA DISEASES OF SHADE TREES
  • MYCOPLASMA DISEASES OF ORNAMENTAL APPLES, CHERRIES, PEACHES, AND PEARSCONFUSION OF VIRUS AND MYCOPLASMA SYMPTOMS WITH NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES; SUGGESTED REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Seed Plants; PARASITIC SEED PLANTS; NONPARASITIC SEED PLANTS; SUGGESTED REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Leaf Diseases; INTRODUCTION; TREATMENT; SOME COMMON LEAF DISEASES OF DECIDUOUS HARDWOODS; BROAD AND NARROW-LEAVED EVERGREENS; SOME COMMON EVERGREEN LEAF DISEASES; INSECT CONDITIONS COMMONLY CONFUSED WITH DISEASES; REFERENCES; SUGGESTED REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Stem Diseases; INTRODUCTION; TYPICAL LIFE CYCLE OF STEM DISEASE FUNGI
  • TREATMENT OF STEM DISEASESTARGET CANKERS; DIFFUSE CANKERS; CANKER BLIGHT; OTHER CANKER DISEASES; CANKER-ROTS; REFERENCE; SUGGESTED REFERENCES; Chapter 10. Root Diseases; INTRODUCTION; GROWTH OF TREE ROOTS; MYCORRHIZAE; TYPICAL LIFE CYCLE OF ROOT DISEASE FUNGI; TREATMENT OF ROOT DISEASES; CATEGORIES OF ROOT DISEASES; SOME EXAMPLES OF ROOT DISEASES; REFERENCES; SUGGESTED REFERENCES; Chapter 11. Rust Diseases; INTRODUCTION; TYPICAL LIFE CYCLE OF RUST DISEASE FUNGI; TREATMENT OF RUST DISEASES; CANKER RUSTS; GALL RUSTS; LEAF RUSTS; OTHER RUST DISEASES; REFERENCES; SUGGESTED REFERENCES
  • Chapter 12. Wilt DiseasesINTRODUCTION; TYPICAL WILT DISEASE CYCLE; TYPICAL CONTROL OF WILT DISEASES; WILT DISEASES OF TREES; REFERENCE; SUGGESTED REFERENCES; Chapter 13. Wound Diseases-Discoloration and Decay in Living Trees; INTRODUCTION; WOUNDS; EVENTS AFTER WOUNDING; MICROBIAL SUCCESSIONS AFTER WOUNDING; WOUND TREATMENT; OTHER CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM WOUNDING; SPROUT CLUMP TREATMENT; REFERENCES; SUGGESTED REFERENCES; PART II: NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES; Chapter 14. Introduction to Noninfectious Diseases; SOME COMMON BASIC NEEDS OF TREES