Rhizoctonia Species: Taxonomy, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Pathology and Control, written by the world's most reputable experts in their respective fields of Rhizoctonia research, summarizes years of research in the various aspects of the ubiquitous complex group of soil-borne fungi belonging to the anamorph genus Rhizoctonia. Species of Rhizoctonia worldwide cause economically important diseases on most of the world's important plants such as cereals, potato, cotton, sugarbeet, vegetables, ornamentals and trees in nurseries. The subject reviews covered in the book include classic as well as modern approaches to Rhizoctonia research in: Taxonomy and Evolution, Genetics and Pathogenicity, Plant-Rhizoctonia Interactions, Ecology, Population and Disease Dynamics, Disease Occurrence and Management in Various Crops, Cultural Control, Biological Control, Germplasm for Resistance, Chemical and Integrated Control Strategies. It aims to be the standard reference source book on Rhizoctonia for the next decade or more, just as Parmeter et al. (1970) has been in the past. It will be an important publication for Rhizoctonia investigators, plant pathologists, students, extension specialists, crop producers and companies dealing with plant disease control.

A comprehensive reference on the soil-borne fungi of the anamorph genus Rhizoctonia, species of which are responsible for diseases of many important crops. The topics include the dolipore/parenthesome septum in modern taxonomy, the molecular analysis of the fungi's ribosomal RNA genes, mechanisms of significance for translocation and transfer, the initial steps of the infection process, patch dynamics and bare patch, diseases of forage and oil seed legumes, controlling disease by soil solarization, and bacterial and fungal cell-wall hydrolytic enzymes in relation to biological control. For professionals and students of plant pathology and crop protection.
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