| Bacterial Wilt: The Disease and Its Causative Agent, Pseudomonas Solanacearum Contributor(s): Hayward, A. C. (Editor), Hartman, G. L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 085198875X ISBN-13: 9780851988757 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $114.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1994 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Agronomy - Crop Science - Science | Life Sciences - Microbiology - Science | Life Sciences - Botany |
| Dewey: 632.32 |
| Physical Information: 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bacterial wilt is an important disease that limits the production of many crop plants in the warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of the world. Few other plant diseases are comparable in terms of diversity of host range and wide geographic distribution, as well as of economic importance. Host plants include banana, eggplant, ginger, peanut, pepper, potato, tobacco and tomato. This book is the first to provide a general but comprehensive review of the disease and the bacterium that causes it. It considers topics ranging from taxonomy, phylogeny and genetics, to control strategies, and provides up-to-date information on recent advances derived from molecular biological approaches. The bacterium is also increasingly being used as a model system for the study of host-parasite interactions. Therefore the book represents a standard reference volume for both bacteriologists and plant pathologists. |