Microbial ecology of aerial plant surfaces

Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
Contributors......Page 14
1. Phyllosphere Microbiology: A Perspective......Page 19
2. Microbial Diversity in the Phyllosphere and Rhizosphere of Field Grown Crop Plants: Microbial Specialisation at the Plant Surface......Page 39
3. Diversity, Scale and Variation of Endophytic Fungi in Leaves of Tropical Plants......Page 55
4. Microorganisms in the Phyllosphere of Temperate Forest Ecosystems in a Changing Environment......Page 69
5. Bacterial Biofilm Formation, Adaptation and Fitness......Page 85
6. Bacterial Assemblages on Plant Surfaces......Page 101
7. The Role of Plant Genetics in Determining Above- and Below-ground Microbial Communities......Page 125
8. A Survey of A-L Biofilm Formation and Cellulose Expression Amongst Soil and Plant-Associated Pseudomonas Isolates......Page 139
9. Biological Control of Plant Diseases by Phyllosphere Applied Biological Control Agents......Page 151
10. Ecophysiology of Biocontrol Agents for Improved Competence in the Phyllosphere......Page 167
11. Compost Teas: Alternative Approaches to the Biological Control of Plant Diseases......Page 183
12. Molecular Interactions at the Leaf Surface: Xanthomonas and its Host......Page 199
13. Erwiniae: Genomics and the Secret Life of a Plant Pathogen......Page 209
14. Host-Pathogen Interactions of Relevance to the Phyllosphere......Page 219
15. Effects of Endophytes on Colonisation by Leaf Surface Microbiota......Page 227
16. Plant Control of Phyllosphere Diversity: Genotype Interactions with Ultraviolet-B Radiation......Page 241
17. Population Growth and the Landscape Ecology of Microbes on Leaf Surfaces......Page 265
18. What DNA Microarrays Can Tell Us About Bacterial Diversity: A New Light on an Old Question......Page 277
19. Human Pathogens and the Health Threat of the Phyllosphere......Page 295
20. Post-harvest Spoilage of Wheat Grains: Malodour Formation and the Infection Process......Page 313
21. Atmospheric Composition and the Phyllosphere: The Role of Foliar Surfaces in Regulating Biogeochemical Cycles......Page 331
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H......Page 344
P......Page 345
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Z......Page 347
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