Phytobacteriology : principles and practice /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA :
CABI Pub.,
[2005]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book. |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on opening page (viewed Mar. 25, 2015). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 360 pages) : color illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-332) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781845930356 (electronic bk.) 1845930355 (electronic bk.) |
| DOI: | 10.1079/9781845930257.0000 |
| Access: | This title is restricted to authorized TAMU and TAMHSC users on authorized TAMU computers and via proxy. |