Plant Diseases and Vectors: Ecology and Epidemiology

Karl Maramorosch

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780124702400
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323153201
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Botany
• Index: Biological Sciences

Plant Diseases and Vectors: Ecology and Epidemiology is the fourth in a five-volume series of books on vectors of plant disease agents. It is comprised of 10 chapters representing the expertise of 13 outstanding scientists from a total of seven different countries. This book begins with a discussion on the ecological involvement of wild plants in plant virus pathosystems. This is followed by the principles and applications of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in diagnosing plant viruses and monitoring their movement in the environment. The next two chapters detail the epidemiologies of diseases caused by leafhopper-borne viruses, mollicutes, and rickettsia-like organisms. This book also covers the developments in understanding the importance of helper agents to the transmission ecologies of many aphid-borne plant viruses. It also encompasses the factors that can contribute to the epidemiology and control of a disease affecting a major agricultural crop of the world. A vector of plant viruses not covered in earlier volumes of the series (the host plant, itself) and the man-made epidemiological hazards in major crops of developing countries are also described. This volume will broaden the knowledge of transmission ecology and disease epidemiology, not only by serving as a valuable supplemental textbook, reference work, and bibliographical source, but also by catalyzing novel syntheses of thinking and stimulating further research in the area.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Plant Diseases and Vectors: Ecology and Epidemiology
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Wild Plants in the Ecology of Virus Diseases
• Chapter 2. Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA): Principles and Applications for Diagnosis of Plant Viruses
• Chapter 3. Mycoplasmalike Organisms and Plant Diseases in Europe
• Chapter 4. Epidemiology of Diseases Caused by Leafhopper-Borne Pathogens
• Chapter 5. Epidemiology of Helper-Dependent Persistent Aphid Transmitted Virus Complexes
• Chapter 6. Ecology and Control of Soybean Mosaic Virus
• Chapter 7. Early Events in Plant Virus Infection
• Chapter 8. Virus Transmission through Seed and Pollen
• Chapter 9. Seedborne Viruses: Virus–Host Interactions
• Chapter 10. Man–Made Epidemiological Hazards in Major Crops of Developing Countries
• Index