Handbook of Plant Virology

Jawaid Khan, Jeanne Dijkstra

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781040278239
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Botany
• Index: Biological Sciences

All the information you need on plant viruses in a single volume

The Handbook of Plant Virology is a comprehensive guide to the terms and expressions commonly used in the study of plant virology, complete with descriptions of plant virus families down to the generic level. Rather than simply listing terms in alphabetical order, this unique book links each term to related terms within a theme and adds commentary from authors whose specific expertise adds additional dimensions to the topics. The result is an invaluable resource for research workers, educators, and students working in plant virology and pathology, crop protection, molecular biology, and plant breeding.

The Handbook of Plant Virology provides enough details and background in the discussion of each topic to present a clear and thorough understanding of terms without the lengthy analysis found in most textbooks. The book's first section covers:

• the mechanics of virus classification
  
• internal and external symptoms (with color illustrations)
  
• isolation and purification
  
• genome packaging
  
• replication and gene expression
  
• detection and identification
  
• various methods of virus transmission
  
• serology
  
• forecasting disease development
  
• recombination
  
• control strategies
  
• economic importance
  
• and much more

The second section of The Handbook of Plant Virology is devoted to concise descriptions of the 81 genera and 18 families of plant viruses, including:

• positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses, such as Potyviridae, Sequiviridae, and Comoviridae
  
• double-stranded RNA viruses, such as Reoviridae and Partitiviridae
  
• negative-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses, such as Rhabdoviridae and Bunyaviridae
  
• single-stranded DNA viruses, such as Geminiviridae, Pseudoviridae, Metaviridae

The Handbook of Plant Virology also includes photos, illustrations, figures, diagrams, and brief, but detailed, bibliographies. The book's concise mix of information on currently assigned taxonomic families and the genera of plant viruses make it an essential reference tool for practitioners, researchers, educators, and students.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Pre Preview
• Notes
• Half Title Page
• Frontmatter
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About the Editors
• Contributors
• Preface
• Chapter 1. A Historical Outline of Plant Virology
• Chapter 2. Plant Virus Taxonomy
• Chapter 3. Symptomatology
• Chapter 4. Isolation and Purification of Plant Viruses
• Chapter 5. Architecture of Plant Viruses
• Chapter 6. Replication and Gene Expression of Plant RNA Viruses
• Chapter 7. Replication and Gene Expression of DNA Viruses
• Chapter 8. Viroids
• Chapter 9. Transmission of Plant Viruses by Arthropods
• Chapter 10. Plant Virus Transmission: Fungi, Nematodes, and Seeds
• Chapter 11. Mechanical Transmission of Plant Viruses
• Chapter 12. Serology
• Chapter 13. Detection and Identification of Plant Viruses and Disease Diagnosis
• Chapter 14. Ecology and Epidemiology
• Chapter 15. Recombination in Plant Viruses
• Chapter 16. Virus Variability and Evolution
• Chapter 17. Recombinant DNA Technology in Plant Virology
• Chapter 18. Resistance to Viral Infections in Plants
• Chapter 19. Virus Diseases: Economic Importance and Control Strategies
• Appendix 1. Description of Positive-Sense, Single-Stranded RNA Viruses
• Appendix 2. Description of Double-Stranded RNA Viruses
• Appendix 3. Description of Negative-Sense, Single-Stranded RNA Viruses
• Appendix 4. Description of Single-Stranded DNA Viruses
• Appendix 5. Description of Reverse-Transcribing Viruses
• Index