Author: J. P. BlakemanPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Ecological determination of plant pathogen populations. Methodology. Aspects of autecology. Microbial interactions.
Ecology of Plant Pathogens
Author: J. P. BlakemanPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Ecological determination of plant pathogen populations. Methodology. Aspects of autecology. Microbial interactions.
Population Biology of Plant Pathogens
Author: Plant Resistance to Herbivores and Pathogens
Author: Robert S. FritzPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226924858
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
Far from being passive elements in the landscape, plants have developed many sophisticated chemical and mechanical means of deterring organisms that seek to prey on them. This volume draws together research from ecology, evolution, agronomy, and plant pathology to produce an ecological genetics perspective on plant resistance in both natural and agricultural systems. By emphasizing the ecological and evolutionary basis of resistance, the book makes an important contribution to the study of how phytophages and plants coevolve. Plant Resistance to Herbivores and Pathogens not only reviews the literature pertaining to plant resistance from a number of traditionally separate fields but also examines significant questions that will drive future research. Among the topics explored are selection for resistance in plants and for virulence in phytophages; methods for studying natural variation in plant resistance; the factors that maintain intraspecific variation in resistance; and the ecological consequences of within-population genetic variation for herbivorous insects and fungal pathogens. "A comprehensive review of the theory and information on a large, rapidly growing, and important subject."—Douglas J. Futuyma, State University of New York, Stony Brook
The Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Disease
Author: Gregory GilbertPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192518763
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Understanding the symbiosis between plants and pathogenic microbes is at the core of effective disease management for crops and managed forests. At the same time, plant-pathogen interactions comprise a wonderfully diverse set of ecological relationships that are powerful and yet so commonplace that they often go unnoticed. Ecologists and evolutionary biologists are increasingly exploring the terrain of plant disease ecology, investigating topics such as how pathogens shape diversity in plant communities, how features of plant-microbe interactions including host range and mutualism/antagonism evolve, and how biological invasions, climate change, and other agents of global change can drive disease emergence. Traditional training in ecology and evolutionary biology seldom provides structured exposure to plant pathology or microbiology, and training in plant pathology rarely offers depth in the theoretical frameworks of evolutionary ecology or includes examples from complex wild ecosystems. This novel textbook seeks to unite the research communities of plant disease ecology and plant pathology by bridging this gap.
Ecology and Management of Soilborne Plant Pathogens
Author: C. A. ParkerPopulation Biology of Plant Pathogens
Author: Methods for Research on the Ecology of Soil-borne Plant Pathogens
Author: Leander F. JohnsonPublisher: Burgess International Group Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Collection of soil samples. Isolation of groups of microorganisms from soil. Enumeration and observation of microorganisms in situ. Microorganisms in the rhizosphere. Isolation of plant pathogens from soil. Isolation of plant pathogens from roots. Control of soil environment. Extraction of soil solutions. Respiration and enzyme activity. Growth and survival. Root exudates. Screening soil microorganisms for antagonism. Testing for antibiotic activity. Production, stability, and activity of antibiotics in soil. Biological control. Culture media.
Ecology of Root Pathogens
Author: S.V. KrupaPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0444601678
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Ecology of Root Pathogens discusses the significance of fungi infecting the roots, and emphasizes the significant diseases of roots and their symptoms. This book also names the genera and species of fungi that cause diseases of roots, and classifies and characterizes the root and pathogen interaction in soil. The book describes the behavior of plant pathogenic bacteria, such as Agrobacterium, Corynebacterium, Xanthomonas, Pseudomonas, Erwinia, and Streptomyces. It also explores how plants and plant-produced stimuli affect the associated population of plant parasitic nematodes and how these plant parasitic nematodes affect higher plants in certain ways. In addition, this book discusses the morphology, classification, nomenclature, multiplication and translocation of viruses infecting the plants. It also describes the symptoms of the virus infection in roots. The book includes a discussion on the fundamentals of biological control, which include the pathosystem concept, the behavior of the soil microflora in the soil, the reservoirs for infection, the processes of pathogen decline, and the integrated effects on the decline of the pathogen. This discussion on biological control also presents the natural and artificially induced biological control. This book will be of great value to soil microbiologists and plant pathologists.
Plant Diseases and Vectors: Ecology and Epidemiology
Author: Karl MaramoroschPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0323153208
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Plant Diseases and Vectors: Ecology and Epidemiology is the fourth in a five-volume series of books on vectors of plant disease agents. It is comprised of 10 chapters representing the expertise of 13 outstanding scientists from a total of seven different countries. This book begins with a discussion on the ecological involvement of wild plants in plant virus pathosystems. This is followed by the principles and applications of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in diagnosing plant viruses and monitoring their movement in the environment. The next two chapters detail the epidemiologies of diseases caused by leafhopper-borne viruses, mollicutes, and rickettsia-like organisms. This book also covers the developments in understanding the importance of helper agents to the transmission ecologies of many aphid-borne plant viruses. It also encompasses the factors that can contribute to the epidemiology and control of a disease affecting a major agricultural crop of the world. A vector of plant viruses not covered in earlier volumes of the series (the host plant, itself) and the man-made epidemiological hazards in major crops of developing countries are also described. This volume will broaden the knowledge of transmission ecology and disease epidemiology, not only by serving as a valuable supplemental textbook, reference work, and bibliographical source, but also by catalyzing novel syntheses of thinking and stimulating further research in the area.
Vector-Mediated Transmission of Plant Pathogens
Author: Judith K. BrownPublisher:
ISBN: 9780890545164
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description