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.
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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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to bacteriology and bacteria
• Phytobacteriology and diagnosis of bacterial diseases of plants
• Disease and symptoms caused by plant pathogenic bacteria
• Epidemiology
• Damage and losses caused by bacterial plant diseases
• Prevention and control of bacterial pathogens and diseases
• Examples of bacterial diseases of cultivated and wild plants.