Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Selected Bibliography
In the preparation of
Westcott's Plant Disease
Handbook
references have been reviewed that
cover a century of scientific reporting. An attempt
has been made also to keep abreast of current
literature. To cite all of the individual articles
that have been helpful would fill another topic.
The bibliography presented here is a selected
small sampling of the field surveyed, with
emphasis on sources consulted in making nomen-
clatural decisions.
Periodicals that are regularly reviewed include
Plant Disease
,
Phytopathology, Review of
Applied Mycology, Journal of Economic Ento-
mology, A.I.B.S. Bulletin
(Agricultural Institute
of Biological Sciences),
Biological Abstracts,
Agricultural Chemicals, NAC News
(National
Agricultural Chemicals Association),
Arborist's
News, Proceedings of the National Shade Tree
Conference, American Fruit Grower, American
Vegetable Grower, Farm Journal, The Garden
Journal
(New York Botanical Garden),
Plants
and Gardens
(Brooklyn Botanic Garden),
The
National Gardener
(National Council of State
Garden Clubs), publications of many of the state
garden clubs, most of the popular garden maga-
zines, yearbooks and magazines of several single
plant societies. In addition, there are numerous
bulletins, circulars, and spray schedules from
state experiment stations.
The following references provide coverage in
depth of the current taxonomy of the major types
of plant pathogens.
Bacteria: Volume 1 (1984) and Volume
(1986) of
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacte-
riology
, published by Williams and Wilkins, and
Laboratory Guide for Identification of Plant
Pathogenic Bacteria
(1980) by N. W. Schaad,
published by APS Press, The American Phyto-
pathological Society.
Viruses:
Classification and Nomenclature of
Viruses
(1979) by R. E. F. Matthews, published
by Academic Press, and
Descriptions of Plant
Viruses
, published by the Commonwealth Myco-
logical Institute and Association of Applied
Biologists.
Fungi:
Plant Pathogenic Fungi
(1987) by
J. A. von Arx, published by J. Cramer in Berlin,
Ainsworth and Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi
(1983) by D.L. Hawksworth, B.C. Sutton
and G.C. Ainsworth, 7th Edition, published by
Commonwealth Mycological Institute, and
Illustrated Genera of Imperfect Fungi
(1972),
by H.L. Barnett and H.B. Hunter, 3rd Edition,
published by Burgess Publishing Company.
Nematodes:
Pictorial Key to Genera of Plant-
Parasitic Nematodes
(1975) by W.F. Mai and
H.H. Lyon, 4th Edition, published by Cornell
University Press.
Finally, the APS Press, the publishing group of
the American Phytopathological Society, pro-
duces a
Compendium of Plant Disease
series
that provides information about causes, cycles,
and control of plant diseases. There are presently
more than 30 topics in this series.
