About the Book :
This book is to discuss materials
and techniques of delivering a killing dose to the locus of toxicity in the
light of the chemistry and physiology of toxic action and' of mechanics of
application. It attempts to develop the underlying theory on which the practice
is based and by which the practice may be improved. The problem of dissecting
fungicidal action has been simplified by the introduction of 3 fairly new tool,
t he dosage-response curve which has the property of distinguishing mechanism of
action from size of dose - quality from quantity. The volume brings together the
discoveries in the realm of fungicides without which the horticulture would
never have become what it now is.
About Author :
James Gordon Horsfall was
born January 9, 1905 at Mountain Grove, Missouri. B. S. University of Arkansas,
1925; Ph. On Cornell University, 1929. Assistant in entomology, University of
Arkansas, 1923-1925; Assistant in-Plant Pathology, Cornell University,
1925-1928; Instructor in Plant Pathology, Cornell University, 1928-1929;
Research Associate and Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, New York State
Agr. Exp. Station, Geneva, 1929-1936; Research Chief and Professor of Plant
Pathology; 1936-1939; Chief, Department of Plant Pathology and Botany,
Connecticut Agr. Exp. Station, 1939; Guest professor Horticultural Research Inst
University Bristol, England, 1936-1937; Member board of Governors, Crop
Protection Institute, 1938, Assistant Chairman, 1939-1942; Member Crop
Protection Committee, National Research Council, 1942; Chairman of Fungicide
section, War Committee, American Pathological Society, 1942; Member Botanical
Society of America, Association of Economic Entomologists, American
Phytopathologies Society; Sigma Xi, American Association Advancement of Science.