Beschreibung:
Due to rapidly advancing field of phytobacteriology, there is a need to integrate bacterial taxonomy, genomics and basic plant pathology that reflects state-of-the-art knowledge about plant-disease mechanism. This book describes seventy specific bacterial plant diseases and presents up-to-date classification of plant pathogenic bacteria.
Abbreviations of bacterial genera used in the book. Preface. Acknowledgements. Author. Part One. GENERAL ASPECTS. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Bacterial cell. Chapter 3. Diagnosis of bacterial diseases of plants. Chapter 4 Classification of bacteria. Chapter 5 Molecular mechanisms of virulence and pathogenesis. Chapter 6 Plants as carriers of human enteric bacterial pathogens. Part Two: SPECIFIC PLANT DISEASES. Chapter 7 Description of plant diseases.