Bacterial Wilt Disease: Molecular and Ecological Aspects

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
One Hundred and One Years of Research on Bacterial Wilt....Pages 1-5
Bacterial Wilt: the Missing Element in International Banana Improvement Programs....Pages 6-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Chair’s Perspective: Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum ....Pages 17-18
Phylogeny, Diversity and Molecular Diagnostics of Ralstonia solanacearum ....Pages 19-33
Development of a Diagnostic Test Based on the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) to Identify Strains of R. solanacearum Exhibiting the Biovar 2 Genotype....Pages 34-43
Genetic Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 in Western Europe determined by AFLP, RC-PFGE and Rep-PCR....Pages 44-49
Biogeographic Studies on Ralstonia solanacearum Race 1 and 3 by Genomic Fingerprinting....Pages 50-55
Analysis of Genetic Variation of a Population of Banana Infecting Strains of Ralstonia solanacearum ....Pages 56-60
Genetic Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum in Japan....Pages 61-73
Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum in Tomato Rhizosphere Soil....Pages 74-81
Population Structure of Ralstonia solanacearum From a Disease Nursery and Tomato Production Fields in Taiwan....Pages 82-88
Correlation of Aggressiveness with Genomic Variation in Ralstonia solanacearum Race 1....Pages 89-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Chair’s Perspective: Diagnosis....Pages 101-102
Molecular Methods for Detection and Discrimination of Ralstonia solanacearum ....Pages 103-109
Adaptation of Technology for Diagnosis and Detection of Ralstonia solanacearum in Malawi and Tanzania....Pages 110-115
Efficiency of a Vacuum Infiltration Inoculation Procedure for Detecting Ralstonia solanacearum in Soil....Pages 116-122
Developing Appropriate Detection Methods for Developing Countries....Pages 123-127
Evaluation of Methods for Detection of Potato Seed Contamination by Ralstonia solanacearum ....Pages 128-132
Detection of Ralstonia solanacearum in Potato Tubers, Solanum dulcamara and Associated Irrigation Water....Pages 133-139
Selection of Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 Specific Monoclonal Antibodies from Combinatorial Libraries....Pages 140-145
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Experiences with Bacterial Brown Rot Ralstonia solanacearum Biovar 2, Race 3 in the Netherlands....Pages 146-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Directions for Future Research on Bacterial Pathogenicity....Pages 155-156
Analysis of Extracellular Polysaccharide I In Culture and In Planta Using Immunological Methods: New Insights and Implications....Pages 157-163
Regulation of Virulence by Endogenous Signal Molecules and the Importance of Extracellular Polysaccharide During Infection and Colonization....Pages 164-170
Function and Regulation of Pectin-Degrading Enzymes in Bacterial Wilt Disease....Pages 171-177
The Ralstonia solanacearum hrp Gene Region: Role of the Encoded Proteins in Interactions with Plants and Regulation of Gene Expression....Pages 178-183
Relationship of Wild Type Strain Motility and Interaction with Host Plants in Ralstonia solanacearum ....Pages 184-191
Studies on the Molecular Basis for Pathogenicity and Host Specificity in Strains of Ralstonia solanacearum Pathogenic to Banana....Pages 192-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Chair’s Perspective: Host Resistance....Pages 197-199
Transcriptional Regulation and Function of hsr203J , an Hypersensitivity-Related Gene of Tobacco Activated in Response to Ralstonia solanacearum ....Pages 203-208
An Anti- Ralstonia solanacearum Protein from Potato and Its Immunogold Localization In Vivo ....Pages 209-217
Involvement of Nitric Oxide in Ralstonia solanacearum -Induced Hypersensitive Reaction in Tobacco....Pages 218-224
Correlation of Chemical Profiles of Xylem Fluid of Tomato to Resistance to Bacterial Wilt....Pages 225-232
Behavior of Bioluminescent Ralstonia solanacearum YN5 Containing the lux CDABE in Tomatoes Susceptible and Resistant to Bacterial Wilt....Pages 233-242
Genetic Analysis of Quantitative Resistance Loci (QRL) of Tomato Variety Hawaii 7996 in Taiwan....Pages 245-249
Identification and Mapping of RRS1 , a Single Recessive Locus in Arabidopsis thaliana that Confers Resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum ....Pages 250-254
 Mi Introgression Lines as Tools for the Genetic Analysis of Bacterial Wilt Resistance in Tomato....Pages 255-262
Genetics of Plant Resistance to Bacterial Wilt: Round Table Report....Pages 263-266
Worldwide Evaluation of an International Set of Resistance Sources to Bacterial Wilt in Tomato....Pages 269-275
Selection of Processing Tomato Progenies for Resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum ....Pages 276-283
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Resistance Sources to Bacterial Wilt in Eggplant ( Solanum melongena )....Pages 284-289
Breeding for Resistance to Bacterial Wilt of Potatoes in Brazil....Pages 290-293
Relationship Between Latent Infection and Groundnut Bacterial Wilt Resistance....Pages 294-299
Inheritance of Resistance to Bacterial Wilt in Chinese Dragon Groundnuts....Pages 300-305
Resistance to Bacterial Wilt in Uganda....Pages 306-308
Multiplication of Ralstonia solanacearum in Capsicum annuum ....Pages 309-315
 Solanum tuberosum — S. commersonii Somatic Hybrids are Resistant to Brown Rot Caused by Ralstonia solanacearum ....Pages 316-320
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Chairs’ Perspectives on Biological Control and Epidemiology....Pages 323-323
The Suppression of Ralstonia solanacearum by Marigolds....Pages 325-331
Elements of Biocontrol of Tomato Bacterial Wilt....Pages 332-336
The Development of a Biological Control Agent against Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 in Kenya....Pages 337-342
A Tentative Explanation of the Distribution, on Reunion Island, of Bacterial Wilt Caused by Either Biovar 2 or Biovar 3 of Ralstonia solanacearum ....Pages 343-350
The Effect of Temperature, Storage Period and Inoculum Concentration on Symptom Development and Survival of Ralstonia solanacearum in Inoculated Tubers....Pages 351-357
Epidemiology of Tomato Bacterial Wilt in Agreste Region of Pernambuco State, Brazil, in 1996/1997....Pages 358-363
Current Situation of Bacterial Wilt ( Ralstonia solanacearum Smith) in Cuba....Pages 364-368
Factors Affecting the Population of Ralstonia Solanacearum in a Naturally Infested Field Planted to Tobacco....Pages 369-375
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Disease Management Session Commentary....Pages 379-380
The Usefulness of Potato Resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum , for the Integrated Control of Bacterial Wilt....Pages 381-385
Bacterial Wilt in Brazil: Current Status and Control Methods....Pages 386-393
Disease Management Strategies for Control of Bacterial Wilt of Tobacco in the Southeastern USA....Pages 394-402
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Relative Importance of Latent Tuber Infection and Soil Infestation by Ralstonia solanacearum on the Incidence of Bacterial Wilt of Potato....Pages 403-409
Maintaining Scottish Seed Potato Production Free From Ralstonia solanacearum ....Pages 410-412
Weeds as Latent Hosts of Ralstonia solanacearum in Highland Uganda: Implications to Development of an Integrated Control Package for Bacterial Wilt....Pages 413-419
Round Table on Bacterial Wilt (Brown Rot) of Potato....Pages 420-430
Back Matter....Pages 431-449