Plant RNA Viruses: Molecular Pathogenesis and Management provides wide-ranging coverage on the recognition and signaling events between plants and RNA viruses. The book examines the molecular biology of signaling, host-virus interaction, RNA virus diversity, and how plants and cellular pathogens interact. Sections cover Virus Diversity and Diagnosis, Virus-Host Interactions and Virus Management. Specific chapters discuss classification and nomenclature of viruses, detail the molecular characteristics of viral genomes, highlight the viral manipulation of cellular key regulatory systems for successful virus infection, and discuss the movement of plant viruses into plant cells.

Section I Virus Diversity and Diagnosis 1. Virus Genome and Nomenclature 2. Positive sense RNA-viruses 3. Luteoviruses 4. Emaraviruses: an emerging viral genus 5. Cassava brown streak viruses 6. tristeza virus 7. Papaya ring spot virus 8. Tobacco mosaic virus 9. Maize lethal necrosis 10. Cucurbit-infecting poleroviruses: emerging plant RNA viruses in Indian Agriculture 11. Epidemiology of Potyviruses infecting crops of Cucurbitaceae family 12. Ecology and evolution of papaya ringspot virus 13. RNA viruses infecting Yam 14. Biodiversity and characterization of economically important viruses on potato cultivars 15. Molecular characterization and diagnostics of RNA viruses infecting dragon fruit 16. Unveiling the detection and diversity of plant RNA viruses of North Eastern region of India 17. Isothermal based molecular assays for rapid detection of plant RNA viruses: A step towards near on-site molecular-field diagnostics