Fire blight : the disease and its causative agent, Erwinia amylovora /

Fire blight : the disease and its causative agent, Erwinia amylovora /

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This book is the first multi-authored book on fire blight, the most devastating bacterial disease of apples and pears. It is divided into three sections. The first section is about the disease: its epidemiology, its worldwide distribution and its economic importance, the host range of the pathogen a...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Vanneste, Joël L. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2000
Subjects:
Erwinia amylovora > Control
Fire-blight
Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000)
Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000)
Apples
Bacterial diseases
Chemical control
Disease resistance
Economics
Enterobacteriaceae
Epidemiology
Erwinia amylovora
Fungicide tolerance
Genetically engineered organisms
Geographical distribution
Host range
Malus
Nurseries
Orchards
Pears
Plant disease control
Plant diseases
Plant pathogenic bacteria
Plant pathogens
Plants
Pome fruits
Pyrus
Risk assessment
Toxins
Transgenic plants
Table of Contents:
  • What is Fire Blight? Who is Erwinia amylovora? How to Control It? / Joël L. Vanneste
  • Epidemiology of Fire Blight / Sherman V. Thomson
  • Distribution and Economic Importance of Fire Blight / W. Gordon Bonn and Tom van der Zwet
  • Genetic Diversity and Host Range of Erwinia amylovora / M. Timur Momol and Herb S. Aldwinckle
  • Migration of Erwinia amylovora in Host Plant Tissues / Joël L. Vanneste and Simon Eden-Green
  • Erwinia amylovora : General Characteristics, Biochemistry and Serology / Jean-Pierre Paulin
  • Exopolysaccharides of Erwinia amylovora : Structure, Biosynthesis, Regulation, Role in Pathogenicity of Amylovoran and Levan / Klaus Geider
  • hrp Genes and Harpins of Erwinia amylovora : a Decade of Discovery / Jihyun F. Kim and Steven V. Beer
  • Disease-specific Genes of Erwinia amylovora : Keys to Understanding Pathogenesis and Potential Targets for Disease Control / Adam J. Bogdanove, Jihyun F. Kim and Steven V. Beer
  • Iron and Fire Blight : Role in Pathogenicity of Desferrioxamine E, the Main Siderophore of Erwinia amylovora / Dominique Expert, Alia Dellagi and Remy Kachadourian
  • Chemical Control of Fire Blight / Peter G. Psallidas and John Tsiantos
  • The Development of Streptomycin-resistant Strains of Erwinia amylovora / Alan L. Jones and Elise L. Schnabel
  • Breeding for Resistance to Fire Blight / Yves Lespinasse and Herb S. Aldwinckle
  • Transgenic Varieties and Rootstocks Resistant to Fire Blight / John L. Norelli and Herb S. Aldwinckle
  • Fire Blight Risk Assessment Systems and Models / Eve Billing
  • Biological Control of Fire Blight / Kenneth B. Johnson and Virginia O. Stockwell
  • Integrated Orchard and Nursery Management for the Control of Fire Blight / Paul W. Steiner

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