It was a compliment to me to be asked to prepare the fourth edition of Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook, and the decision to accept the responsi- bility for the fourth edition and now the fifth edition was not taken lightly. The task has been a formidable one. I have always had a great respect professionally for Dr. Cynthia Westcott. That respect has grown considerably with the completion of the two editions. I now fully realize the tremendous amount of effort expended by Dr. Westcott in developing the Handbook. A book ...
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It was a compliment to me to be asked to prepare the fourth edition of Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook, and the decision to accept the responsi- bility for the fourth edition and now the fifth edition was not taken lightly. The task has been a formidable one. I have always had a great respect professionally for Dr. Cynthia Westcott. That respect has grown considerably with the completion of the two editions. I now fully realize the tremendous amount of effort expended by Dr. Westcott in developing the Handbook. A book such as this is never finished, since one is never sure that everything has been included that should be. I would quote and endorse the words of Dr. Westcott in her preface to the first edition: "It is easy enough to start a book on plant disease. It is impossible to finish it. " This revision of the Handbook retains the same general format contained in the previous editions. The chemicals and pesticides regulations have been updated; a few taxonomic changes have been made in the bacteria, fungi, and mistletoes; the changing picture in diseases caused by viruses and/ or viruslike agents has been described. A few new host plants have been added, and many recently reported diseases as well as previously known diseases listed now on new hosts have been included. In addition, photographs have been replaced where possible, and the color photograph section has been retained.
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Add this copy of Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook to cart. $13.95, fair condition, Sold by Bookmans rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Springer.
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Illustrated in Color and Black & White. Good+ Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Wear and aging to covers. Bruising/rubbing/wear to corners. Play to binding and spine is cocked. Mild soiling to endpapers; final 100 pages have a curl at fore edge; otherwise interior is clean, bright, free of markings. No International or Priority shipping.
Add this copy of Westcott's Plant Disease Handbook: Fifth Edition to cart. $29.00, very good condition, Sold by Mainly Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silverdale, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Chapman & Hall, Ltd..
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0412067218. Hardcover with dustjacket, book is in great shape with two insignificant flaws only: a few tiny tan spots on the top outer edge of the pages and a tiny area of edge-rubbing at the bottom of the cover, the jacket has rubbing to the glossy surface on the rear panel, there are no other remarkable flaws and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "easy access to information on more than 1, 200 host plants and more than 2, 400 diseases that affect trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, and vegetables grown in home gardens"; 953 pages.
