Compendium of Soybean Diseases and Pests

About this book

Soybean is one of the most significant crops grown in the world today. Soybeans are also hosts to a long list of diseases and insect pests, and that list grows each year. New and practical references that help users identify and manage this growing range of threats are vital to ensuring a healthy, high-yielding, profitable soybean harvest.

Enter the Compendium of Soybean Diseases and Pests, Fifth Edition. This unique and practical reference tailored to the needs of soybean growers, consultants, extension agents, and plant pathologists working in the field, in diagnostic laboratories, in plant clinics, and in academic institutions.

The fifth edition is packed with new information on pests and their management since the fourth edition was launched more than a decade ago. Compendium of Soybean Diseases and Pests is also more international in scope and comprehensive than its four previous editions, which sold more than 30 000 copies worldwide. In total, more than 90 diseases and their management are covered, along with the many major insect pests and abiotic disorders of soybean.

Each section of this new compendium has been written or revised by top soybean authorities who are experts on the particular pests and disorders featured in Compendium of Soybean Diseases and Pests. New sections in the fifth edition describe insect pests and their management, summarize the molecular detection of pathogens, and provide an international perspective on the importance of soybean disease management in the world's leading soybean-producing countries.

Exactly 260 images and illustrations complement this comprehensive book, which has been organized into four main sections:

Part I addresses diseases and pests caused by biotic factors, including prokaryotes, fungi and oomycetes, nematodes, and viruses; and includes a section on seed and postharvest pathology.
Part II, which is new to this edition, covers insect pests and provides strategies for their management.
Part III discusses disorders caused by abiotic factors, ranging from weather-related stress disorders to those caused by mineral deficiencies and toxicities and injuries from various chemicals and pollutants.
Part IV provides strategies for the management of soybean diseases and pests. The discussion focuses on biological enhancements, cultural practices, host plant resistance, and pesticide use.

This new edition also includes an introduction that provides background information about the history and growth of the soybean plant along with a contemporary discussion of the importance of soybean pathogens and pests in the world's chief soybean-producing countries.

Several appendices identify pathogens of soybeans, insects associated with soybean, and hosts of soybean pathogens. A comprehensive glossary and index are provided, as well.

Whether you are a scientist who needs an authoritative reference on diseases or a practitioner who needs or provides management recommendations, Compendium of Soybean Diseases and Pests is a must-have.

Contents

Preface

Introduction
History and Growth of the Soybean Plant
Worldwide Importance of Soybean Pathogens and Pests
   Soybean Diseases in Argentina
   Soybean Diseases in Brazil
   Soybean Diseases in Canada
   Soybean Diseases in China
   Soybean Diseases in India
   Soybean Diseases in Japan
   Soybean Diseases of Importance in the United States

Part I. Infectious Diseases
Diseases Caused by Prokaryotes
Diseases Caused by Bacteria
   Bacterial Blight
   Bacterial Pustule
   Wildfire
   Bacterial Wilt and Bacterial Tan Spot
   Bacillus Seed Decay
   Other Bacteria
   Ineffective Biological Nitrogen Fixation
Diseases Associated with Mollicutes
   Bud Proliferation
   Machismo
   Phyllody and Witches’-Broom
   Clover Proliferation and Aster Yellows
Diseases Caused by Fungi and Oomycetes
   Diseases of Foliage, Upper Stems, Pods, and Seeds
      Alternaria Leaf Spot, Pod Necrosis, and Seed Decay
      Anthracnose
      Aristastoma Leaf Spot and Yellowing
      Black Leaf Blight
      Brown Spot
      Cercospora Leaf Blight and Purple Seed Stain
      Choanephora Leaf Blight
      Downy Mildew
      Drechslera Blight
      Frogeye Leaf Spot
      Fusarium Seed Rot and Fusarium Species Associated with Seed
      Leptosphaerulina Leaf Spot
      Phomopsis Seed Decay
      Phyllosticta Leaf Spot
      Pod and Stem Blight
      Powdery Mildew
      Red Leaf Blotch
      Rhizoctonia Aerial Blight and Web Blight
      Soybean Rust
      Scab
      Sclerotinia Stem Rot
      Stemphylium Leaf Blight
      Target Spot
      Yeast Spot of Pods and Seeds
   Diseases of Lower Stems and Roots
      Brown Stem Rot
      Charcoal Rot
      Fusarium Blight or Wilt, Root Rot, and Pod and Collar Rot
      Phytophthora Root and Stem Rot
      Pythium Seed Rot, Damping-Off, and Root Rot
      Red Crown Rot
      Rhizoctonia Damping-Off and Root Rot
      Sclerotium Blight
      Stachybotrys Root Rot
      Stem Canker
      Sudden Death Syndrome
      Thielaviopsis Root Rot
   Other Fungi and Oomycetes Reported in Soybean
Diseases Caused by Nematodes
      Lance Nematodes
      Lesion Nematodes
      Reniform Nematodes
      Root-Knot Nematodes
      Soybean Cyst Nematode
      Sting Nematodes and Other Nematodes
Diseases Caused by Viruses
   Single-Stranded, Positive-Sense RNA Genomes
      Betaflexiviridae
      Carlavirus
         Cowpea mild mottle virus
      Bromoviridae
      Alfamovirus
         Alfalfa mosaic virus
      Bromovirus
         Cowpea chlorotic mottle virus
      Cucumovirus
         Peanut stunt virus and Cucumber mosaic virus (Soybean stunt strain)
      Ilarvirus
         Tobacco streak virus
      Luteoviridae
      Leteovirus
         Soybean dwarf virus
         Indonesian soybean dwarf virus
      Potyviridae
      Potyvirus
         Bean common mosaic virus (Peanut stripe strain)
         Bean yellow mosaic virus
         Peanut mottle virus
         Soybean mosaic virus
      Secoviridae
      Comovirus
         Bean pod mottle virus
         Cowpea severe mosaic virus
         Other Comoviruses
      Nepovirus
         Cycas necrotic stunt virus (Soybean mild mosaic strain)
         Soybean severe stunt virus
         Tobacco ringspot virus
         Other Nepoviruses
      Tombusviridae
      Carmovirus
         Soybean yellow mottle mosaic virus and Blackgram mottle virus
      Virgaviridae
      Tobamovirus
         Tobacco mosaic virus
   Single-Stranded, Ambisense RNA Genomes
      Bunyaviridae
      Tospovirus
         Soybean vein necrosis virus
   Double-Stranded DNA Genomes
      Caulimoviridae
      Caulimovirus and Soymovirus
         Soybean chlorotic mottle virus and Soybean Putnam virus
      Nanoviridae
      Nanovirus
         Milk vetch dwarf virus
   Single-Stranded DNA Genomes
      Geminiviridae
      Begomoviruses
Seed and Postharvest Pathology
   Detection of Seedborne Pathogens
   Seedborne Bacteria
   Seedborne Field Fungi
   Storage Fungi
Molecular Methods for Pathogen Detection and Quantification
   Bacterial Pathogens
   Fungal and Oomycete Pathogens
   Nematode Pathogens
   Viral Pathogens
   Method Selection

Part II. Arthropod Pests
   Pests and Their Management
   Bean Leaf Beetle
   Caterpillars
   Dectes Stem Borer
   Kudzu Bug
   Soybean Aphid
   Stink Bugs
   Threecornered Alfalfa Hopper
   Twospotted Spider Mite
   Pest Management Strategies

Part III. Noninfectious and Stress Disorders
   Weather Factors Associated with Stress
   Nutrient Deficiencies and Toxicities
   Green Stem Disorder
   Herbicide Injury
   Fungicide and Insecticide Injury
   Air Pollutant Injury

Part IV. Soybean Disease and Pest Management Strategies
   Biological Enhancements
   Cultural Practices
   Host Plant Resistance
   Pesticides

Appendices
   I. Diseases of Soybean
   II. Pests of Soybean

Glossary
Index

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