3rd Edition
Plant Pathology Concepts and Laboratory Exercises
Continuing in the tradition of its predecessors, this new edition combines an informal, easy to read style with a thorough introduction to concepts and terminology of plant pathology. After reviewing fundamental concepts, the book discusses groups of plant pathogens and molecular tools for studying them, pathogen interactions, epidemiology and disease control, and special topics in plant pathology. The book details various disease-causing organisms, including viruses, fungi, prokaryotics, nematodes, and various biotic agents. It also examines various plant-pathogen interactions, molecular attack strategies, extracellular enzymes, host defenses, and disruption of plant function.
New in the Third Edition
- Molecular plant-fungal interactions
- Expanded treatment of molecular tools
- Advanced biocontrol concepts
- How to use and care for microscopes
INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS
What Is Plant Pathology?
H. David Shew and Barbara B. Shew
Laboratory Skills: Safety and Preparation of Culture Media and Solutions
Robert N. Trigiano and Bonnie H. Ownley
Proper Use of Compound and Stereo Microscopes
David T. Webb
GROUPS OF PATHOGENS AND ABIOTIC DISORDERS
Plant Pathogenic Viruses
Marie A.C. Langham and Judith K. Brown
Plant Pathogenic Prokaryotes
Carolee T. Bull, Steven T. Koike, Alejandra I. Huerta, Teresa M. Jardini, Stacy J. Mauzey, Isael Rubio, and Ana B. Zacaroni
Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
Ernest C. Bernard and James P. Noe
An Overview of Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Fungal-Like Organisms
Ann Brooks Gould
Oomycota: The Fungus-Like Organisms
Robert N. Trigiano, Otmar Spring, Alan S. Windham, Richard E. Baird, Steven N. Jeffers, and Kurt H. Lamour
Non-Oomycota Zoosporic Plant Pathogens
Sharon E. Mozley-Standridge, David Porter, and Marc A. Cubeta
Plant Pathogenic Zygomycetes
Kathie T. Hodge
Taphrinomycete and Saccharomycete Pathogens
Margery L. Daughtrey, Kathie T. Hodge, and Nina Shishkoff
The Powdery Mildews
Margery L. Daughtrey, Kathie T. Hodge, and Nina Shishkoff
Plant Pathogenic Species of the Ascomycota: Pezizomycotina
Ning Zhang, Richard E. Baird, and Robert N. Trigiano
Rust and Smut Diseases
Lori M. Carris and Larry J. Littlefield
Basidiomycota: Diverse Complex of Saprophytic, Parasitic, and Symbiotic Fungi
Richard E. Baird, Elizabeth C. Stokes, and Alan S. Windham
Soilborne Plant Pathogens
Bonnie H. Ownley and D. Michael Benson
Parasitic Plants
Daniel L. Nickrent and Lytton J. Musselman
Abiotic Plant Disorders
Robert E. Schutzki, Bert Cregg, Tom Creswell, and Gail Ruhl
PLANT-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS
Virulence Factors Produced by Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
Rebecca Ann Melanson and Jong Hyun Ham
Physical and Physiological Host Defenses
Kimberly D. Gwinn and David I. Yates
Disruption of Plant Function
Melissa B. Riley
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DISEASE CONTRONL
Plant Disease Epidemiology
Kira L. Bowen
Host Resistance
Peter Balint-Kurti, David Shew, and Christina Cowger
Plant–Fungal Interactions at the Molecular Level—The Biological Approach to Fungal Pathogen Control
Ricardo Manuel de Seixas Boavida Ferreira and Sara Alexandra Valadas da Silva Monteiro
Cultural Management of Plant Diseases
Craig S. Rothrock and Terry N. Spurlock
Chemical Control of Plant Diseases Caused by Fungi
Jason E. Woodward and Alan S. Windham
Management of Plant Pathogens and Pests by Microbial Biological Control Agents
Dmitri V. Mavrodi, Olga V. Mavrodi, Leonardo De La Fuente, Blanca B. Landa, Linda S. Thomashow, and David M. Weller
Integrated Pest Management
Anton Baudoin
Organic Agriculture and Plant Disease
David M. Butler and Erin N. Rosskopf
SPECIAL TOPICS
Plant Disease Diagnostics
Kevin L. Ong
Identifying Obligate, Biotrophic Fungi (and Hosts) Using the Sequence of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) Region
Robert N. Trigiano and Bonnie H. Ownley
Extracellular Enzymes Produced by Fungi and Bacteria
Robert N. Trigiano and Laura E. Poplawski
Molecular Tools for Studying Genetic Diversity in Plant Pathogens
T. A. Rinehart, D. Hadziabdic, P. A. Wadl, and Robert N. Trigiano
Biography
Dr. Bonnie H. Ownley is a professor of plant pathology in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She received her B.S. in biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.S. in microbiology from Auburn University, Alabama, and Ph.D. in plant pathology, with a minor in soil science, from North Carolina State University, Raleigh. She was a postdoctoral research fellow with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service, in the Root Disease and Biological Control Research Unit at Pullman, Washington, and a visiting plant pathologist in the Plant Pathology Department at Washington State University before joining the faculty at the University of Tennessee.
