This is the first truly comprehensive A-Z reference work on the subject, having approximately 2,000 pages in a practical two-volume format. The full-length entries provide detail that glossaries and dictionaries cannot. Over 900 individual entries provide thorough coverage, and a number of biographical entries are included on important plant pathologists and plant scientists.
An extremely high-quality compilation pertaining to plant diseases...recommended for academic or industrial plant biology or agricultural reference collections. (Choice, Vol. 39, No. 1, September 2001) "An essential library volume for any academic and research library." (Northeastern Naturalist, Issue 8/3, 2001) "...provides authoritative articles, recommended for college libraries, special libraries and larger public libraries..." (American Reference Books Annual, Vol. 33)