4to. xvi. 543 pgs. Very Good condition green cloth hardcover, gilt lettering to spine, very light rubbing to cloth at edges and corners. Owner name on bottom of front endpaper from Univ. of Wisconsin Plant Pathology Dept., else clean and unmarked. Sections: Introduction. Infection (mechanisms, environment, pathways). Infection Chains (sources, saphrophytes, transmission, epidemiology). The Parasitic Adaptation of Pathogens (innate constitutional differences in the parasitic adaptation of pathogens). The Disease Proneness of the Host (axeny, resistance, penetration, spread, defense reations, induced tolerance, induced tolerance, passive immunization, the inheritance of disease proneness, changes in disease proneness due to environmental conditions). The Disease (morphological, anatomical and physiological manifestations). The Control of Infectious Diseases of Plants. Literature Cited. Appendix. Index. #1183