Phytobacteriology : principles and practice /

• Main Author: Janse, J. D. 1953- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005.
• Subjects: Bacterial diseases of plants.; Phytopathogenic bacteria.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Ralstonia solanacearum.; Epidemiology.; Plant diseases.; Plant pathogenic bacteria.; Plant pathogens.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 360 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-332) and index.
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This book comprises 7 chapters discussing phytobacteriology. Chapter 1 outlines the history and science of bacteriology Chapter 2 explains the characterization, identification and naming of bacteria. Chapter 3 explains how bacteria cause disease and how plants react to them. Chapter 4 discusses the epidemiology of bacterial diseases. The economic importance of bacterial diseases and the strategies for controlling these and reducing crop losses are discussed in chapters 5 and 6. Chapter 7 presents 50 examples of plant pathogenic bacteria and the corresponding plant diseases. The annexes include: lists of plant pathogenic bacteria and their hosts; list of phytoplasmas; diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum and schemes for detection of potato ring and brown rot; and EU schemes for detecting and identifying R. solanacearum on potato. This book contains an index of terms.