Diseases of Bamboos in Asia

Foreword
Executive Summary
INTRODUCTION
Sources and Nature of Information; Organization of Information
THE IMPACT OF BAMBOO DISEASES ON THE ECONOMY
DISEASES IN BAMBOO NURSERIES
Damping-off; Seedling spear-rot; Seedling wilt; ; Seedling web blight; Seedling leaf rust; Bipolaris leaf blight; Exserohilum leaf spot; Dactylaria leaf spot; Colletotrichum leaf spot; Curvularia leaf spot; Seedling leaf tip blight; Seedling rhizome rot; Seedling leaf striping and stunting
DISEASES IN BAMBOO STANDS
Diseases of Culms and Foliage
Rot of emerging culm; Rot of growing culms; Culm brown rot; Culm base rot; Culm purple blotch; Bamboo blight; Top blight; Branch die-back; Witches’-broom; Little leaf disease; Bamboo mosaic; Thread blight; Necrosis of culm internode; Bamboo wilt; Culm rust; Culm smut; Culm staining and die-back; Sooty stripe disease; Culm stain; Foliage blight; Leaf rusts; Leaf spots; Culm sheath spot; Black mildew; Sooty mould; Miscellaneous foliage and minor branches infections
Infection of Inflorescence and Seeds
Smut; Ergot; Seed-borne diseases
Diseases of Rhizomes and Roots
Rhizome bud rot; Rhizome and root rot; Decay of rhizome, root and basal culm
Decay and Deterioration of Culms in Stands
Mycorrhizae
Non-infectious Diseases
DECAY AND BIODETERIORATION OF CULMS IN STORAGE
Protective Measures
FUTURE RESEARCH
REFERENCES
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Appendices (Checklists of Diseases and Pathogens)
Indices (Hosts; Pathogens and Diseases)

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