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See all buying options this practical reference provides professional growers with the tools necessary to make in the field identifications of tropical foliage disorders listing more than 70 varieties of foliage plants this guide covers a broad range of disorders including pest damage disease phytotoxicity and environmental problems. This practical reference provides professional growers with the tools necessary to make in the field identifications of tropical foliage disorders listing more than 70 varieties of foliage plants this guide covers a broad range of disorders including pest damage disease phytotoxicity and environmental problems each disorder listing includes a visual identification brief description of . The title of this book is tropical foliage disorders and it was written by lynn p griffith jr this particular edition is in a paperback format this books publish date is apr 01 2002 and it has a suggested retail price of 5995 it was published by chicago review press and has a total of 192 pages in the book. This book comprises film and digital images on tropical foliage disorders which have been confirmed by a laboratory analysis it serves as a field guide for the diagnosis of disorders of tropical foliage plants for the commercial grower interiorscape technician and serious hobbyists suggestions on the various control measures are mentioned. Tropical foliage plants do have a specific disease profile including o cutting borne pathogens including fusarium colletotrichum and myrothecium and bacteria like pectobacterium and xanthomonas o leaf spots caused by a wide range of fungi and bacteria that are easily splashed by rainfall but not easy spread by the wind