Read Excerpts from Chapters 3 and 11 and see Chapter 3 of the CD in its entirety.
 

“…thoroughly ‘student friendly’ introduction to plant diseases, their diagnoses, prevention and treatment…core addition to academic library Agricultural Studies collections and an especially appropriate acquisition for community libraries for their patrons with an interest in gardening, landscaping, and general horticulture.”
-- The Midwest Book Review

“…overall the book achieves the objectives of its title in that the essentials of the subject are well explained…a wealth of supporting information from the CD and the internet linkage. It provides an excellent textbook for all embarking on a career in plant pathology.”
-- CABI Bibliography of Systematic Mycology

Essential Plant Pathology is the highly anticipated textbook from award-winning educators Gail Schumann and Cleo D’Arcy that is written specifically to the introductory course level. Students will find the approach of this new textbook to be a refreshing change from what is currently available.

The book is reader-friendly with important terms and concepts clearly identified. Special “Did you know?” boxes will spark student interest by providing cultural and historical facts about plant diseases and every chapter will guide students to recommended resources, study questions, “Words to Know,” Internet research exercises, and CD exercises.

The new Schumann/D’Arcy text will come packaged with a dynamic CD that will work hand-in-hand with the popular APSnet Education Center and provide students and their professors with an engaging way to learn and teach plant pathology. Instructors will appreciate the 400+ full resolution color images that may be used in their handouts and PowerPoint presentations. Other copy-and-paste text resources will help tie customized lectures to the textbook.

SPECIAL FEATURES to interest and challenge your students

• Its easy-to-read, open-page design has illustrations and boxed call-outs emphasizing
  critical concepts.
   
• “In This Chapter” presents key concepts the students will learn.
   
• Disease Classics provide short boxed summaries of important diseases typically studied in introductory plant pathology courses.
   
• “Did you know?” call-outs present cultural and historical facts about plant diseases to help students understand how plant pathology impacts the real world.
   
• Case studies help students understand the specific causes, symptoms, and cycles of important diseases.
   
• Each Chapter includes Study Questions to help students check their comprehension and Recommended Resources to challenge them to learn more.
   
• “Words to Know” at the end of each chapter will improve your student’s plant pathology vocabulary. Students will find these words defined in the Illustrated Glossary included in the companion CD that comes packaged with their book.
   
• Icons in the book identify direct links to specific CD and Internet exercises appealing to today’s digitally oriented student. These exercises allow instructors to custom design virtual labs to complement their lectures.
   
• Full integration between the textbook, CD, and the APS peer-reviewed Education Center, the most popular area of APSnet. This is today’s student’s Internet connection for key feature articles on hot topics written by practicing plant pathologists.

Instructors will appreciate how the CD helps with course prep. It allows you to easily tie your lectures to the textbook to emphasize key concepts. Every image and illustration in the book is included on the CD and ready to be imported into an instructor’s PowerPoint's. It’s easy to copy and paste diagrams and color photos into presentations and reinforce your lectures with corresponding illustrations in the book. The students can use the illustrations on the CD too.

Chapter 3
What are the causes of plant diseases? Bacteria
What are bacteria?
What symptoms and signs do bacteria cause?
How do bacteria survive and spread?
How are bacterial diseases diagnosed?
How are bacterial diseases managed?

Chapter 4
What are the causes of plant diseases? Nematodes
What are nematodes?
What symptoms and signs do nematodes cause?
How do nematodes survive and spread?
How are diseases caused by nematodes diagnosed?
How are diseases caused by nematodes managed?

Chapter 5
What are the causes of plant diseases? Viruses
What is a virus?
What symptoms and signs do viruses cause?
How do viruses survive and spread?
How are viral diseases diagnosed?
How are viral diseases managed?

Chapter 6
What are the causes of plant diseases? Parasitic plants
What are parasitic flowering plants?
What symptoms and signs do parasitic flowering plants cause?
How do parasitic flowering plants survive and spread?
How are diseases caused by parasitic flowering plants diagnosed?
How are parasitic flowering plants managed?

Chapter 7
What are the causes of plant diseases? Abiotic factors
What are abiotic factors?
What symptoms do abiotic factors cause?
How are abiotic diseases diagnosed?
How are abiotic diseases managed?

Chapter 8
What types of plant diseases are there?
What is damping-off?
What diseases commonly affect foliage, flowers, and fruit?
What are:
     vascular diseases?
     cankers?
     gall diseases?
     root rots?
What is wood decay?
What are post-harvest diseases?

Chapter 9
How do plants interact with pathogens?
Part I. Ecological interactions
     How do pathogens survive in the absence of their host plant?
     How do pathogens find their hosts?
     How do pathogens penetrate plants?
Part II. Physiological interactions
     How do pathogens establish an infection?
     How do plants defend themselves?
Part III. Genetic interactions
     What are the genetic interactions between plants and their pathogens?
     How can we create disease-resistant plants?

Chapter 10
How do people influence plant disease epidemics?
What is an epidemic?
Can we predict plant diseases?
How do people affect the susceptibility of plants to disease?
How do people affect the environment of plants in ways that increase disease?
How do people affect the ability of pathogens to cause disease?
How do plant disease epidemics affect people?

Chapter 11
How can we prevent or manage plant disease epidemics?
How do we choose the appropriate methods of disease management?
How do we:
     AVOID pathogens?
     EXCLUDE pathogens?
     ERADICATE pathogens?
     PROTECT plants?
How can we create integrated, sustainable management programs?

Appendix 1. Disease classics

Appendix 2. Example diseases

Appendix 3. Rapid assays for pathogens

About the Authors
                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Gail L. Schumann received her B.S. in Botany from the University of Michigan and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Cornell University. She is Professor Emerita from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst where she taught several plant pathology courses and had research and extension responsibilities in turfgrass pathology. Dr. Schumann is the author of Plant Diseases: Their Biology and Social Impact, over 50 peer-reviewed publications on teaching and turfgrass pathology, numerous extension publications, and is co-author of IPM Handbook for Golf Courses and Turfgrass Diseases: Diagnosis and Management CD.  She is a recipient of the American Phytopathological Society (APS) Excellence in Teaching Award, the Northeastern Regional USDA/NASULGC Teaching Award, the Award of Merit from the Northeastern Division of APS, and a Fellow of APS. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI.

Cleora J. D’Arcy received her A.B. in Biology from Harvard University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from theUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison.  She is a Full Professor in the Department     of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on plant pathology and professionalism and ethics, and researches virus diseases of plants.  Dr. D’Arcy has authored over 75 peer-reviewed publications on plant virology and teaching, and is co-editor of Barley Yellow Dwarf: 40 Years of Progress.  She is a Past President of The American Phytopathological Society, a recipient of the NACTA Central Regional Outstanding Teacher Award and the National USDA/NASULGC Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award, and a Fellow of The American Phytopathological Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

 

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“…a fresh new slant and a very reader friendly layout… eminently readable yet thoroughly substantive."
-- IPMnet News

“The book impressively documents the improved facilities for teaching provided by computer techniques and the internet…an excellent example for high quality teaching and can be highly recommended.”
-- Journal of Phytopathology

Praise from early adopters:

“I have been teaching at Cal Poly Pomona for more than 30 years.  Although I have been teaching a course in diseases of ornamental plants annually and occasionally a course in diseases of crop plants, I got the opportunity to teach General Plant Pathology…I used your text [Essential Plant Pathology] to teach that class and I found it wonderful. One of the key elements of the test is the way it uses essential information in web links and the accompanying CD. The teacher helps you included were a tremendous aid in building PowerPoint lectures, and the exercises were very thought provoking. I used one of the more detailed exercises as an alternate written project for the term paper. I consider your text the model for a modern electronic assisted course. Great work.“
-- Fred Roth, Professor at Cal Poly Pomona

"Essential Plant Pathology begins with the question every student of plant pathology wants to know - “What’s wrong with my plant?” From this simple premise, Schumann and D’Arcy build a text that addresses the broader concepts of plant pathology in an easily understandable style that will appeal to readers unfamiliar with this complex subject. Essential Plant Pathology hits all the right notes. For the student, the text presents a basic level of information with plenty of opportunity for enhanced learning. Students will appreciate the textbook’s straightforward layout, excellent photographs and diagrams, and reinforcement of important concepts. Instructors will appreciate its flexible design, extensive glossary, case studies, and supplemental learning materials. As an instructor, I have found my pre-publication copy of Essential Plant Pathology to be an invaluable reference that will serve as an excellent companion text for my undergraduate course in plant pathology for years to come."
-- Ann Brooks Gould, Ph.D., Associate Extension Specialist, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, Cook College

"For several years I have been searching for a textbook that meets the needs of the students in my undergraduate plant pathology class.  With permission of the authors, I have been using several chapters of “Essential Plant Pathology” as readings over the last three semesters.  The book is written in a way that truly engages my students and it focuses on the concepts and principles that I feel are most important.  I am amazed at how well the book fits the way I teach my class!  I can’t wait to begin using the complete book and accompanying CD next semester!"   
-- Edward J. Braun, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University

"I have taught General Plant Pathology for over 20 years and used several different texts. I decided to adopt “Essential Plant Pathology” for Fall semester 2006 because this text approaches plant pathology the same way I teach my course. The book is very readable for the beginning student, but also offers enough substance for more advanced students. Inclusion of classic diseases and interesting facts in separate boxes provides a refreshing alternative to other textbooks, and the addition of a CD with images from the book and electronic resources should make it easier for instructors to prepare lectures. I am very excited to use this new text and look forward to student reaction to it."
-- Tim Murray, Professor and Department Chair, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Washington State University

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READ EXCERPTS FROM CHAPTERS 3 and 11 AND THE CD
Click the links below to read the Preface and Excerpts from Chapters 3 and 11 showing examples of learning concepts to help students and teachers. The concepts shown here are presented throughout the book and will challenge students to use critical thinking to understand plant pathology. Click the 5th link to see how you can use the CD to engage your interactive student.

Excerpt LINK #1 - Preface to Essential Plant Pathology: Read about How to Use this Book and Hints for Instructors.

Excerpt LINK #2 shows the following concepts as they appear in Chapter 3: Begin with Question (Gets your student focused) In This Chapter (key concepts to learn) --Did You Know? (prompts critical thinking) --Textbox (explains a key concept) --Words in Bold (identify important words in the text) --Images (illustrate the science and historical importance) --Images (images appear in full color on the CD that comes with every student's book)

Excerpt LINK #3 shows the following concepts as they appear in Chapter 3: --Disease Classic (puts plant pathology in perspective) --Prompt for a CD Lesson (for a self-directed student) --boxed call-out (explains a key concept) --References (for more information) --Did You Know? (for interesting extras that enhance the text) --Chapter Review Questions (what have we learned?)--Challenge Questions (high level thinking) --Management Strategies (with real world examples) --Plant Disease Lessons (your online lab) --Words to Know (definitions are on the CD and shown in bold in each chapter) --Exercises (to learn by doing) --Internet Resources (for a worldwide view of plant pathology)

Excerpt LINK #4 shows the first 7 pages of Chapter 11: --See why Essential Plant Pathology is a refreshing introduction to Plant Pathology for your students.

Excerpt LINK #5 Sample the CD: For the digital student, Essential Plant Pathology comes equipped with an engaging CD that ties directly to the textbook with innovative self-directed lessons, interactive exercises, a powerful plant pathology glossary, and direct links to key information in the APS Education Center and the Internet. For the busy instructor, the CD provides chapter summaries, specially selected color images with additional identifying information in the captions for print-quality handouts and custom PowerPoints, and the ability to offer your students a dynamic digital tool to enhance your classroom lectures.  See Chapter 3 of the CD.
 

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FREE 60-Day Evaluation for Instructors
Plant Pathology educators may review Essential Plant Pathology for consideration as a course textbook. Examine the book and companion CD free for 60 days with no obligation to purchase (U.S. customers). You will receive the book along with an invoice. If you choose to keep the book, but not adopt it for your class, simply pay the invoice. If you choose to adopt the book for your class, keep the book with compliments of APS PRESS when you write “Complimentary Desk Copy” on your invoice and return it with a photocopy of your bookstore order or bookstore acquisition request for 10 or more copies of the textbook. If you decide not to adopt the book for your class and you do not wish to keep the book for your personal use, simply return the book and CD with a copy of your invoice and and write cancel on the invoice.

Contact APS PRESS Customer Care to request a free 60-day examination copy. Call 1.800.328.7560 or send an e-mail to aps@scisoc.org. Please include Name of Course, Name of Institution, your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address and the name of the book.

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2006; 8½” X 11” hardcover; 349 pages illustrated; ISBN 0-89054-342-9; (3 pounds); Item No 43429

Value-packaged for Students - One price includes the Textbook AND Interactive CD!

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