Coffee wilt disease /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2009.
• Subjects: Coffee > Diseases and pests.; Coffee wilt disease > Research.; Extension and Advisory Work.; Agricultural Economics.; Horticultural Economics, (New March 2000); Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General); Host Resistance and Immunity.; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000); Microbial Ecology, (New March 2000); Taxonomy and Evolution.; Microbial Life Cycles, (New March 2000); Coffea.; Fungi.; Gibberella xylarioides.; Biological development.; Coffee.; Diffusion of information.; Disease resistance.; Epidemiology.; Extension.; Fungal diseases.; Plant breeding.; Plant disease control.; Plant diseases.; Plant pathogenic fungi.; Plant pathogens.; Socioeconomics.; Taxonomy.; Electronic books.
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 This book represents a compilation of the current knowledge of various aspects of coffee wilt disease (CWD) including information about the pathogen and its management. It covers the status of CWD in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania; the socio-economic impact of CWD; the biology, taxonomy and epidemiology of the CWD pathogen Gibberella xylarioides sensu lato; the host-pathogen interactions in Coffea-G. xylarioides pathosystem; management of CWD; breeding for resistance against CWD; and extension approaches and information dissemination for CWD management in Africa (with emphasis on experiences from Ethiopia).