Vectors of Plant Pathogens

Vectors of Plant Pathogens

Author: Kerry F. Harris

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2013-10-02

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 1483273326

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Vectors of Plant Pathogens is a collection of papers that discusses the interrelationship of plant pathogens with their vectors. This collection deals with the numerous vector groups associated with plant pathogens. One paper describes the biology, feeding behavior and distribution of aphids, leafhoppers, plant hoppers, mealy bugs, whiteflies, psyllids, membracids. Another paper addresses the virus transmission characteristics of the mealy bugs during preliminary fasting or feeding, acquisition access time, post-acquisition fasting or feeding, and the inoculation access time. Other papers also discuss the involvement of insects in transmitting bacterial and fungal pathogens; the authors list unresolved issues such as the role of insects in overwintering of bacterial pathogens or the association of the fungus with a particular vector. One author describes some suspected fungi transmission such as the pea stem necrosis virus, red clover necrotic mosaic virus, and the tomato bushy stunt virus. Another paper examines the fate of plant viruses in mite vectors and convectors particularly the viruses found in wheat, barley, or brome grass. Agriculturists, botanists, and researchers in the field of botany, conservation, and plant genealogy will find this book useful.


Pathogens, Vectors, and Plant Diseases

Pathogens, Vectors, and Plant Diseases

Author: Kerry F. Harris

Publisher:

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13:

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Nonpesticidal control of vector-borne diseases. Chemotherapy of plant viruses and virus diseases. Control of whitefly vectors of viruses by color mulches. Chemical control of nematode vectors. Use of oil sprays and reflective surfaces for control of insect-transmitted plant viruses. Controlling seed and insect-borne viruses. The host as a vector: exclusion as a control. Plant quarantine problems in preventing the entry into the United States of vector-borne plant pathogens. Nature of inherited nematode resistance in plants. Aphid probing and feeding, electronic monitoring, and plant breeding. The ESS of an aphid pathosystem. Control of vector-borne mycoplasmas.


Leafhopper Vectors and Plant Disease Agents

Leafhopper Vectors and Plant Disease Agents

Author: Karl Maramorosch

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2012-12-02

Total Pages: 671

ISBN-13: 0323143687

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Leafhopper Vectors and Plant Disease Agents is the second in a multivolume series on vectors, vector-borne disease agents, and plant disease spread. This text aims to collect findings in leafhopper vector research, to suggest promising frontiers for further research, and to call attention to possible practical applications of understanding of leafhopper-pathogen-plant interactions. This book is organized into five parts. Opening chapters on the taxonomy, bionomics, and worldwide importance of leafhopper and planthopper vectors are appropriately relegated to Parts I and II. Part III focuses on vector-virus interactions of leafhopper-, planthopper-, and aphid-borne viruses and virus-induced, cytopathological changes in vectors. This part also explains the interactions of mycoplasmalike organisms (MLOs) and viruses in dually infected leafhoppers, planthoppers, and plants, as well as the transitory vector-virus interactions. The artificial and aseptic rearing of vectors, microinjection technique, vector tissue culture, and spiroplasmas and its vectors are all covered in Part IV. Part V contains chapters on specific leafhopper-borne viruses and MLOs, leafhopper and planthopper vector control, leafhopper-borne pathogens of corn-stunting diseases, Western X disease, and leafhopper-borne xylem-restricted pathogens. This text will be valuable for students, teachers, and researchers of vector-pathogen-plant relationships. Its in-depth coverage of leafhoppers and planthoppers as vectors makes this book ideally suited as a supplemental text in graduate entomology and plant pathology courses on insect transmission of plant disease agents.


Plant Pathology and Plant Diseases

Plant Pathology and Plant Diseases

Author: Anne Marte Tronsmo

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2020-10-12

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 1789243181

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This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of plant diseases, including pathogens, plant-pathogen interactions, their management, and future perspectives. Plant diseases limit potential crop production and are responsible for considerable losses in agriculture, horticulture and forestry. Our global food production systems are under increasing pressure from global trade, climate change and urbanization. If we could alleviate the losses due to plant diseases, we would be able to produce roughly 20% more food - enough to feed the predicted world population in 2050. Co-authored by a group of international teachers of plant pathology who have collaborated for many years, the book gives expert and seamless coverage. Plant Pathology and Plant Diseases: Addresses major advances in plant-pathogen interactions, classification of plant pathogens, and the methods of managing or controlling disease Is relevant for a global audience; it covers many examples of diseases with an impact worldwide but with an emphasis on disease of particular importance in a temperate context Features over 400 striking figures and colour photographs It is suitable for graduate students and advanced undergraduates studying plant pathology, biology, agriculture and horticulture.


The Study of Plant Disease Epidemics

The Study of Plant Disease Epidemics

Author: Laurence V. Madden

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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Plant disease epidemics, caused by established and invasive pathogen species, continue to impact a world increasingly concerned with the quantity and quality of its primary food supply. The Study of Plant Disease Epidemics is a comprehensive manual that introduces readers to the essential principles and concepts of plant disease epidemiology.


New Directions for Biosciences Research in Agriculture

New Directions for Biosciences Research in Agriculture

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1985-01-01

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 0309035422

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Authored by an integrated committee of plant and animal scientists, this review of newer molecular genetic techniques and traditional research methods is presented as a compilation of high-reward opportunities for agricultural research. Directed to the Agricultural Research Service and the agricultural research community at large, the volume discusses biosciences research in genetic engineering, animal science, plant science, and plant diseases and insect pests. An optimal climate for productive research is discussed.


Disease in Evolution

Disease in Evolution

Author: Mary E. Wilson

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13:

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This work aims to advance the intellectual understanding of the emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases. Practitioners of diverse disciplines - epidemiology, evolutionary biology, environmental sciences, ecology, climatology, social and behavioural sciences, entomology, microbiology, parasitology and virology - report on recently developed techniques from many areas, including molecular biology, genetics, mathematical modelling and remote sensing. These techniques are exploited in an attempt to understand global configurations of infectious disease emergence. Analysis of historical examples reveals patterns not apparent during a single lifetime of observation. This volume emphasises the creative use of cross-disciplinary approaches to extend the limits of knowledge in this important area. These 32 papers were presented at a workshop held by the Harvard School of Public Health at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 7th-10th November.


Rearing Animal and Plant Pathogen Vectors

Rearing Animal and Plant Pathogen Vectors

Author: Karl Maramorosch

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1466598220

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This book provides an integrated description of methods used to rear vectors of human, higher animal, and plant pathogens in the laboratory. It deals with diverse subject areas, and contains descriptions of standard, as well as highly specialized, methods used by medical, veterinary, entomology, and plant pathology experts. The text brings together