本书作者为美国弗吉尼亚州立大学和综合科技学院的H.B.Couch教授所著,第一版于1960年问世,第二版由美国R.E.Krieger公司在1976年出版。全书共计348页。书中介绍了欧美各国常用的草坪草种重要的真菌病、粘菌病、线虫病、病毒病和类菌原质病害。叙述了每种病的发现历史、危害性、症状、病原物及防治方法。并对植物病害的 The book is written by H.B.Couch professor at Virginia State University and the College of Integrated Science and Technology. The first edition was published in 1960 and the second edition was published by R.E.Krieger in the United States in 1976. The book total 348 pages. The book introduces the important fungal diseases, myxomycosis, nematodes, viral diseases and protozoa diseases commonly used in European and American lawn grass species. Describes the history of the discovery of each disease, the dangers, symptoms, pathogens and prevention methods. And plant diseases