Plant Pathology in Historical Perspective.

Presents abstracts on plant pathology in historical perspective submitted for presentation at the American Phytopathological Society 2004 Meeting in Anaheim, California, on July 31-August 4, 2004. "Bacteriology and plant pathology in late 19th century America: A short-lived (and forgotten) marriage"; "The living soil: Soil bacteria, ecology and social cooperation"; "The great dying on the vine: Scientific responses to the phylloxera grapevine disaster, France 1867-1900."