2nd Edition

Plant Pathogen Detection and Disease Diagnosis

By P. Narayanasamy Copyright 2001
    544 Pages
    by CRC Press

    544 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This work provides information on the detection, identification, and differentiation of all microbial plant pathogens - presenting modern protocols for rapid diagnosis of diseases based on biological, physical, chemical and molecular properties. It contains methods for the selection of disease-free seeds and vegetatively propagated planting materials and quarantine techniques for screening newly introduced plant materials.

    Characteristics of pathogenic microbes; symptoms of plant diseases; dissemination of plant pathogens; cross-protection; chemodiagnostic methods; electron microscopy; serodiagnostic methods; nucleic acid-based techniques; detection of double-stranded RNAs; diagnosis and monitoring of plant diseases.

    Biography

    Narayanasamy, P.

    "From the Foreword. . . . . .The coverage is comprehensive and the subject has been dealt with in an authoritative manner. . . .We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Dr. Narayanasamy for this labour of love.
    "
    ---M. S. Swaminathan Chairman, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation Holder of the UNESCO Chair of Eco-technology, Chennai, India Praise for the previous edition. . .
    ". . .a valuable overview on recent detection and typing methods. . ..an important aid for familiarization and extension of one's knowledge."
    ---Journal of Phytopathology (1999)
    ". . .a diversity of information and techniques in a compact and handy format."
    ---Agronomie (1999)
    ". . .a valuable book."
    ---Journal of Plant Physiology (1998)