Background
Shew, Howard David was born on March 1, 1952 in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Robert and Mary Viola Shew.
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Includes a separate section on disease management which covers integrated pest management and genetic modification. Table of Contents Introduction; The Genus Nicotiana and N. Tabacum, Culture and Types of Tobacco, Diseases and Pathogens of Tobacco; Part 1: Infectious Diseases; Foliar Diseases Caused by Fungi; Blue Mold, Powdery Mildew, Brown Spot, Anthracnose, Frogeye, Target Spot, Gray Mold and Dead-Blossom Leaf Spot, Ragged Leaf Spot, Phyllosticta Leaf Spot, Corynespora Leaf Spot, Curvularia Leaf Spot, Scab, Metallic Mold, Sooty Mold, Rusts; Root and Stem Diseases Caused by Fungi; Black Shank, Pythium Diseases, Black Root Rot, Stem Rot, Sore Shin and Damping-Off, Fusarium Wilt, Verticillium Wilt, Charcoal Rot, Tobacco Stunt, Olpidium Seedling Blight, Collar Rot; Diseases of Cured and Stored Tobacco; Barn Rots, Storage Molds; Foliar Diseases Caused by Bacteria; Wildfire and Angular Leaf Spot; Hollow Stalk, Black Leg, and Barn Rot; Philippine Bacterial Leaf Spot; Leaf Gall or Fasciation; Root Diseases Caused by Bacteria; Bacterial Wilt; Diseases Caused by Mycoplasmalike Organisms; Aster Yellows, Stolbur, and Big Bud; Diseases Caused by Nematodes; Root-Knot Nematodes, Tobacco Cyst Nematodes, Lesion Nematodes, Stem Nematodes, Ectoparasitic Nematodes; Diseases Caused by Viruses; Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Potato Virus Y, Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus, Cucumber Mosaic Virus, Tobacco Etch Virus, Tobacco Vein Mottling Virus, Alfalfa Mosaic Virus, Tobacco Leaf Curl Virus, Other Viruses; Diseases Caused by Parasitic Higher Plants; Broomrape, Witchweed, Dodder; Part 2: Noninfectious and Abiotic Disorders; Nutritional Problems; Deficiencies, Toxicities; Environmental Disorders; Frost and Cold Injury, Drought Spot, Leaf Scald or Sunscald, Lightning Injury, Hail Injury, Drowning; Other Abiotic Disorders; ather Fleck, Frenching, Chemical Injury, False Broomrape; Genetic Abnormalities; Part 3: Approaches for Management of Tobacco Diseases; Integrated Pest Management; Cultural Practices, Host Resistance, Chemical Management, Infestation Level; Genetic Modification; Glossary; Index; Color Plates
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Shew, Howard David was born on March 1, 1952 in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Robert and Mary Viola Shew.
Bachelor of Science, Greensboro College, 1974; Master of Science, North Carolina State University, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University, 1980.
From assistant professor to associate professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1980-1994; professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1994. Researcher, international consultant North Carolina State University, since 1990.
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Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Phytopathol. Society (associate editor 1988-1991), American Society Agronomy, British Society Pathology. M C.
Married Barbara Jo Brewer. 1 child, Charlie.