edited by John F. Leslie

This landmark reference contains the global sorghum and millet pathology community’s decennial summary of diseases and work in progress based primarily on contributions to the Third Global Conference on Sorghum and Millet Diseases in September 2000, sponsored by INTSORMIL, ICRISAT, and INIFAP. This conference focused on integrated management of sorghum and millet diseases for the 21st century and the importance of these crops in agro-ecosystems.

Sorghum and Millets Diseases reviews disease status in national, regional, and global contexts as priorities were adjusted for the next decade. The importance of proper pathogen identification and the use of a population biology approach were emphasized. It then continues on to discuss the research agenda for these crops and their diseases for the next ten years.

Sorghum and Millets Diseases is an indispensable resource for plant pathologists and other crop scientists, policy makers, sociologists, and others involved in tropical or sub-tropical agriculture.

Contents

1. Transition from the Previous Millenium
2. Millet Biology and Diseases
3. Sorghum Ergot
4. Striga
5. Pathogen Variability
6. Molecular Biology, Genome Mapping, and Host Plant Resistance
7. Sorghum Breeding and Disease Physiology
8. Technology and Approaches to Disease Management
9. Collaboration and Its Implementation
10. Country and Regional Disease Reports
11. Abstracts

Index

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