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Zentmyer, George Aubrey was born on August 9, 1913 in North Platte, Nebraska, United States. Son of George Aubrey and Mary Elizabeth (Strahorn) Zentmyer.
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More than 45 authors present current information on how to identify and control diseases of bananna, coconut, mango, pineapple, papaya, and avocado. Table of Contents Introduction; Part 1: Banana; Taxonomy; Origins and Importance; Anatomy; Horticulture; Banana Diseases Caused by Fungi; Anthracnose and Fungal Scald, Botryodiplodia Finger Rot, Brown Spot and Diamond Spot, Cigar-End Rot, Cladosporium Speckle, Cordana Leaf Spot (Leaf Blotch), Crown Mold, Crown Rot, Pedicel Rot, Freckle, Fusarium Wilt (Panama Disease), Pitting Disease (Johnston Spot), Sigatoka Leaf Diseases, Sooty Mold, Speckle (Swamp Spot) and Black Tip, Squirter Disease; Banana Diseases Caused by Bacteria; Moko Disease, Bacterial Soft Rot. Banana Diseases Caused by Viruses; Banana Bunchy Top, Infectious Chlorosis, Mosaic, Heart Rot, Banana Streak, Bract Mosaic; Banana Diseases Caused by Nematodes; Burrowing Nematode Root Rot (Blackhead Toppling Disease); Lesion Nematode Damage, Spiral Nematode; Part 2: Coconut; Taxonomy, Origin and Distribution; Importance; Anatomy; Coconut Diseases Caused by Fungi; Bud Rot and Nut Fall, Ganoderma Butt Rot (Basal Stem Rot), Gray Leaf Blight, Stem Bleeding Disease; Coconut Diseases Caused by Nonfungal Agents; Cadang-Cadang and Tinangaja, Lethal Yellowing, Red Ring Disease; Part 3: Mango; Importance; Taxonomy; Description; Genetics and Breeding; Propagation of Cultivars; Mango Diseases Caused by Fungi; Alternaria Rot (Black Spot), Anthracnose, Gray Leaf Spot, Malformation, Pink Disease, Powdery Mildew, Scab, Stem-End Rot; Mango Diseases Caused by Nonfungal Agents; Algal Leaf Spot, Bacterial Black Spot, Nematodes; Mango Disorders Caused by Abiotic Factors; Decline, Internal Breakdown of Fruit; Part 4: Pineapple; World Production; The Pineapple Plant; Pineapple Diseases; Pineapple Diseases Caused by Fungi; Butt Rot, Black Rot, White Leaf Spot, Fruitlet Core Rot, Leathery Pocket, Interfruitlet Corking, Fusariosis, Phytophthora, Heart Rot, Root Rot; Pineapple Diseases Caused by Bacteria; Bacterial Heart Rot, Fruit Collapse, Marbling Disease, Pink Disease; Pineapple Diseases Caused by Nematodes; Lesion Nematode, Reniform Nematode, Root-Knot Nematodes; Pineapple Disease Caused by a Virus; Mealybug Wilt; Pineapple Disease with a Noninfectious Etiology; Internal Browning; Part 5: Papaya; Botany; General Description; Flower and Tree Type; Ecological Requirements; Cultivars and Breeding; Production; Papaya Diseases Caused by Fungi; Alternaria Fruit Spot, Anthracnose, Cercospora Black Spot, Dry Rot, Fusarium Fruit Rot, Guignardia Spot, Internal Blight, Lasiodiplodia Fruit and Stem-End Rot, Phytophthora Fruit Rot and Root Rot, Powdery Mildew, Rhizopus Soft Rot, Stemphylium Fruit Spot, Wet Fruit Rot; Papaya Diseases Caused by Bacteria; Internal Yellowing, Purple Stain Fruit Rot; Papaya Diseases Caused by Viruses; Papaya Droopy Necrosis and Papaya Apical Necrosis, Papaya Ringspot; Papaya Diseases Caused by Nematodes; Reniform Nematodes, Root-Knot Nematodes; Miscellaneous Papaya Diseases; Bunchy Top, Bumpy Fruit; Carpellody (Cat-Face); Freckles; Part 6: Avacado; Anthracnose; Armillaria Root Rot; Avocado Black Streak; Bacterial Canker; Dothiorella Stem Canker and Fruit Rot; Phytophthora Cankers; Phytophthora Root Rot; Pseudocercospora Spot (Blotch); Rosellinia (Dematophora) Root Rot; Scab; Stem-End Rot; Sunblotch; Verticillium Wilt;Index; Color Plates
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Zentmyer, George Aubrey was born on August 9, 1913 in North Platte, Nebraska, United States. Son of George Aubrey and Mary Elizabeth (Strahorn) Zentmyer.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1935; Master of Science, University of California, 1936; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, 1938.
Assistant forest pathologist, United States Department of Agriculture, San Francisco, 1937-1940; assistant pathologist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, 1940-1944; assistant plant pathologist to plant pathologist, University of California, Riverside, 1944-1962; professor plant pathology, University of California, Riverside, since 1962; professor emeritus, University of California, Riverside, since 1981; faculty research lecturer, University of California, Riverside, 1964; department chairman, University of California, Riverside, 1968-1973; trustee, University of California, Riverside, 1993-1994. Consultant National Science Foundation, Trust Ty. of Pacific Islands, 1964, 66, Commonwealth of Australia Forest and Timber Bureau, 1968, Agency for International Development, Ghana and Nigeria, 1969, Government South Africa, 1980, Government Israel, 1983, Government Western Australia,1983, Ministry Agriculture and University Cordoba, Spain, 1989, Government Costa Rica, 1993. Member National Research Council panels, 1968-1973.
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Board directors Riverside Young Men’s Christian Association, 1949-1958, Friends of Mission Inn, since 1981, president, 1991-1993, California Museum Photography, since 1988. President Town and Gown Organization, Riverside, 1962. Board directors Riverside Hospice, 1982-1985, president, 1984-1985.
Board directors Friends University California Riverside Botanic Garden, 1985-1989, 91-95, president, 1987-1989. Board trustees University California Riverside Foundation, 1993-1994. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (president Pacific division 1974-1975), American Phytopath.
Society (president 1966, president Pacific eiv. 1955, foundation board directors since 1987, vice president since 1991, award of merit Caribbean division 1972, award of distinction 1983, Lifetime Achievement award Pacific division 1991), Explorers Club. Member National Academy of Sciences, Mycological Society of America, American Institute Biological Sciences, Botanical Society of America, International Avocado Society (honorary), British Mycological Society, Australasian Plant Pathology Society, Philippine Phytopath.
Society, Indian Phytopath. Society, Association Tropical Biology, International Society Plant Pathology (councilor 1973-1978), Pacific Association Tropical Phytopathology, International Avocado Society (honorary), Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Dorothy Anne Dudley, May 24, 1941. Children: Elizabeth Zentmyer Dossa, Jane Zentmyer Fernald, Susan Dudley.