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; t...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / J. Flood
• Coffee wilt disease in Democratic Republic of Congo / A. Kalonji-Mbuyi, P. Tshilenge Djim and N.T. Saiba
• Coffee wilt disease in Uganda / G.J. Hakiza, D.T. Kyetere, P. Musoli, P. Wetala, J. Njuki, P. Kucel, P. Aluka, A. Kangire and J. Ogwang
• Coffee wilt disease in Ethiopia / A. Girma, A. Million, H. Hindorf, Z. Arega, D. Teferi and C. Jefuka
• Status of coffee wilt disease in Tanzania / D.L. Kilambo, N.M. Ng'homa, J.M. Teri and L. Masumbuko
• Socio-economic impact of coffee wilt disease / R.O. Musebe, J. Njuki, S. Mdemu, G. Lukwago, A. Shibru and T. Saiba
• Biology, taxonomy and epidemiology of the coffee wilt pathogen Gibberella xylarioides sensu lato / M.A. Rutherford, D. Bieysse, P. Lepoint and H.M.M. Maraite
• Host-pathogen interactions in Coffea-Gibberella xylarioides Pathosystem / A. Girma, D. Bieysse and P. Musoli
• Management of coffee wilt disease / N. Phiri, M. Kimani, N. Efa, S. Simons and G. Oduor
• Breeding for resistance against coffee wilt disease / P.C. Musoli, A. Girma, G.J. Hakiza, A. Kangire, F. Pinard, C. Agwanda and D. Bieysse
• Extension approaches and information dissemination for coffee wilt disease management in Africa : experiences from Ethiopia / E. Negussie, M. Kimani, A. Girma, N. Phiri and D. Teshome
• Concluding remarks / J. Flood.