Fungal plant pathogens /

• Other Authors: Lane, Charles R., (Editor), Beales, Paul, (Editor), Hughes, Kelvin, 1969- (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
• Series: Principles and protocols.
• Subjects: Phytopathogenic fungi.; Plant-fungus relationships.; Fungal diseases of plants.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Genetics and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Detection.; DNA fingerprinting.; DNA sequencing.; Fungal diseases.; Fungal morphology.; Immunodiagnosis.; Plant diseases.; Plant pathogenic fungi.; Plant pathogens.; Polymerase chain reaction.; Quality controls.; Quarantine.; Seedborne fungi.; Seeds.; Standardization.
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This book (12 chapters) provides detailed information on diagnostic systems for plant pathogenic fungi, discussing morphological determinations, culturing, serological methods, nucleic acid protocols from PCR to barcoding and DNA fingerprinting techniques. Chapters on diagnostic systems for fungi fr...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to fungal plant pathogens / Charles Lane and Paul Kirk
• Examination of plant material / Charles Lane
• Detection of fungal plant pathogens from plants, soil, water and air / Paul Beales
• Detection of fungal plant pathogens in seeds / Kelvin Hughes
• Identification of fungi based on morphological features / Paul Beales
• Cultural characterisation / Charles Lane
• Serological techniques for diagnosis / Christopher Thornton
• Nucleic acid-based techniques for diagnosis / Jenny Tomlinson
• Fingerprinting techniques / David Cooke
• Maintenance and storage of fungal plant pathogens / Matthew Ryan, Barbara J. Ritchie and David Smith
• Quarantine procedures for working with fungal plant pathogens / Belinda Phillipson
• Quality assurance and quality systems / David Galsworthy.