Microbial ecology of aerial plant surfaces /

• Corporate Author: International Symposium on the Microbiology of Aerial Plant Surfaces
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Subjects: Leaves > Congresses. > Microbiology; Plant-microbe relationships > Congresses.; Microbial ecology > Congresses.; Plant surfaces > Congresses. > Microbiology; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Biological Control.; Biological Resources (General); Microbial Ecology, (New March 2000); Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Genetics and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Biodiversity.; Biofilms.; Biological control.; Colonization.; Dispersal.; Flowers.; Fruits.; Gene expression.; Genomics.; Habitats.; Leaves.; Microbial ecology.; Natural enemies.; Pathogenicity.; Phylloplane fungi.; Phyllosphere.; Plant disease control.; Plant diseases.; Plant pathogens.; Population genetics.; Spatial distribution.; Stems.; Surfaces.; Microbiology; Phyllosphere; Ariel plant surfaces; Electronic books.
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• Item Description: In July 2005, the Centre of Ecology and Hydrology, Oxford (CEH-Oxford) hosted an International Symposium on the Microbiology of Aerial Plant Surfaces at St Catherine's College, Oxford. The presentations, discussions and the following chapters developed from this meeting.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 321 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book focuses on the ecology of the microbiology of the surfaces of above-ground, aerial portion of vascular plants (including stem, leaves, fruits and flowers), collectively known as the phylloplane. It is divided into 6 sections, highlighting both the value of this highly diverse habitat to research in microbiology and the importance of this research to plant health and ecosystem functions. Section I concerns the biodiversity and population genetics of phyllosphere communities. Section II concerns the spatial distribution and biofilm structures of microbes on the phylloplane. Section III concerns biological control and pathogenicity. Section IV describes gene expression and phyllosphere genomics. Section V focuses on leaf colonization and dispersal. Section VI deals with aerobiology and plant surface microbiology.