Rust diseases of willow and poplar /

• Corporate Author: International Symposium on Melampsora on Salicaceae
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005.
• Subjects: Willows > Diseases and pests.; Poplar > Diseases and pests.; Rust diseases.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Biological Control.; Host Resistance and Immunity.; Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Taxonomy and Evolution.; Microbial Life Cycles, (New March 2000); Fungi.; Melampsora.; Melampsoraceae.; Populus.; Salix.; Biological control.; Biological control agents.; Disease resistance.; Fungal diseases.; Hyperparasitism.; Infection.; Natural enemies.; Plant disease control.; Plant diseases.; Plant pathogenic fungi.; Plant pathogens.; Poplars.; Taxonomy.; Willows.; Electronic books.
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This book, which summarizes research progress on Melampsora rust on willows and poplars, is based mainly on papers presented at the "International Symposium on Melampsora on Salicaceae" held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 11-13 September 2003. This book, intended for research workers, te...

Table of Contents:

• Phylogenetic Position of Melampsora in Rust Fungi Inferred from Ribosomal DNA Sequences / Ming Hao Pei, Carlos Bayon and Carmen Ruiz
• A Brief Review of Melampsora Rusts on Salix / Ming Hao Pei
• The Species of Melampsora on Salix (Salicaceae) / Gaddam Bagyanarayana
• A Brief Summary of Melampsora Species on Populus / Ming Hao Pei and Yan Zhong Shang
• Variability and Population Biology of Melampsora Rusts on Poplars / Pascal Frey, Pierre Gérard, Nicolas Feau, Claude Husson and Jean Pinon
• Genetic Diversity of Melampsora Willow Rusts in Germany / Mirko Liesebach and Irmtraut Zaspel
• Genetic Structure of Melampsora larici-epitea Populations in North-western Europe / Berit Samils
• Current Taxonomic Status of Melampsora Species on Poplars in China / Cheng-Ming Tian and Makoto Kakishima
• Current Status of Poplar Leaf Rust in India / R.C. Sharma, S. Sharma and K.R. Sharma
• Melampsora Willow Rust in Chile and Northern Europe : Part of a Metapopulation? / Mauritz Ramstedt and Sergio Hurtado
• Disease Scoring by Taking Inoculum Densities into Consideration in Leaf Disc Inoculations with Poplar and Willow Rusts / Ming Hao Pei and Tom Hunter
• Interactions Between Poplar Clones and Melampsora Populations and their Implications for Breeding for Durable Resistance / Jean Pinon and Pascal Frey
• Transgenic Hybrid Aspen with Altered Defensive Chemistry : a Model System to Study the Chemical Basis of Resistance? / Johanna Witzell, Marlene Karlsson, Marisa Rodriguez-Buey, Mikaela Torp and Gunnar Wingsle
• Basidiospore-derived Penetration by Species of Cronartium and Melampsora : an Outline / Alessandro Ragazzi, Nicola Longo, Biancamaria Naldini, Salvatore Moricca and Irene Dellavalle
• Host Diversity, Epidemic Progression and Pathogen Evolution / Chris C. Mundt
• Short-rotation Coppice Willow Mixtures and Rust Disease Development / Alistair R. McCracken, W. Malcolm Dawson and Diane Carlisle
• Short-rotation Coppice Willow Mixtures and Yield / W. Malcolm Dawson, Alistair R. McCracken and Diane Carlisle
• Effect of Preventative Fungicide Sprays on Melampsora Rust of Poplar in the Nursery / R.C. Sharma, S. Sharma and A.K. Gupta
• Biocontrol of Rust Fungi by Cladosporium tenuissimum / Salvatore Moricca, Alessandro Ragazzi and Gemma Assante
• Biology and Genetic Diversity of the Rust Hyperparasite Sphaerellopsis filum in Central Europe / Mirko Liesebach and Irmtraut Zaspel
• Mycoparasite Sphaerellopsis filum and its Potential for Biological Control of Willow Rust / Ming Hao Pei and Zhiwen W. Yuan.