Plant Pathogenic Bacteria: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, Maryland, June 2–7, 1985

Front Matter....Pages I-XXIII
T-DNA Border Sequences Required for Crown Gall Tumorigenesis....Pages 1-10
Coregulation of Promoters in the T-DNA and Virulence Region of the Agrobacterium Tumefaciens Plasmid pTIC58....Pages 11-17
Genes Involved in Indole Acetic Acid Production in Plant Pathogenic Bacteria....Pages 18-25
Analysis of the Locus Involved in Plasmid Partitioning for the Native Agrobacterium Plasmid pTAR....Pages 26-33
Role of Agrobacterium Rhizogenes Hormone Genes in the Induction of Hairy Root....Pages 34-41
Genetics and Molecular Biology of Agrocin Production and Sensitivity in Agrobacterium ....Pages 42-55
Ultrastructural Surveillance of the Infection Process of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens , Biovar Three in Grape....Pages 56-67
Attachment of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens to Host Cells....Pages 68-75
Transfer of the T-DNA from Agrobacterium Tumefaciens to Plant Cells....Pages 76-76
Structure and Properties of Border Sequences in T-DNA Transformation....Pages 77-78
Serological Study of Agrobacterium Biotypes....Pages 79-86
Rapid Detection of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens in Grapevine Propagating Material....Pages 87-90
Control of Crown Gall in Swiss Apple Nurseries....Pages 91-95
Biological Control of Crown Gall with an Agrocin 84-Producing Biotype 1 Transconjugant of Agrobacterium ....Pages 96-100
A Proposed Basis for Varietal Differences in Sensitivity of Grapes to Crown Gall Disease....Pages 101-102
Host Range, Virulence, and Genetic Variability of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens Strains from New York Vineyards....Pages 103-104
The Role of Membrane Atpase in Proline and Valine Transport by Agrobacterium Tumefaciens ....Pages 105-105
Cloning and Nucleotide Sequence of TZS a Cytokinin Biosynthetic Locus, from Agrobacterium Tumefaciens Strain T37....Pages 106-106
Factors Affecting the Biocontrol of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens by K-84....Pages 107-107
Biological Control of Crown Gall by Bacteriocin-Producing Bacteria....Pages 108-108
Pathogenesis by Pectolytic Erwinias....Pages 109-120
Serology and Epidemiology of Erwinia Carotovora ....Pages 121-128
Changes in Populations of Erwinia Carotovora in Relation to the Development of Soft Rot in Wounded Potato Tissue....Pages 129-136
Molecular Cloning and Mutagenesis in Escherichia Coli of Pectinase Genes from Erwinia Chrysanthemi ....Pages 137-149
Erwinia Cellulases....Pages 150-159
Possible Involvement of Outer Membrane Components in Erwinia Chrysanthemi Pathogenicity....Pages 160-171
Importance of Ketodeoxyuronate Pathway in the Degradation of Pectin in Erwinia Chrysanthemi ....Pages 172-180
Assimilation: Ketouronate Pathway....Pages 181-181
Assimilation in Soft Rot Erwinias: Cellobiose Pathway....Pages 182-188
Genetic Systems in the Soft Rot Erwinia Group....Pages 189-197
Development of a Chromosomal Map in Soft Rot Erwiniae....Pages 198-205
Production of Cell Wall-Degrading Enzymes by Corn Stalk Rot Strains of Erwinia Chrysanthemi ....Pages 206-211
Isolation and Characterization of Pectolytic Nonpathogenic Mutants of Erwinia Carotovora Subsp. Carotovora ( Ecc )....Pages 212-217
Marker—Exchange Mutagenesis of the pe1B Gene in Erwinia Chrysanthemi CUCPB 1237....Pages 218-223
Influence of Alcaline Salts on Growth and Pectate Degradation of Species and Subspecies of the Erwinia Carotovora Group....Pages 224-236
In Vitro Production of Extracellular Polysaccharides by Erwinia Carotovora Var. Carotovora and Erwinia Carotovora Var. Atroseptica ....Pages 237-243
The Application of Transposons to the Cloning of Genes from Erwinia Carotovora ....Pages 244-248
Molecular Cloning of Two Erwinia Carotovora Subsp. Carotovora DNA Fragments which Mediate the Production of Similar Pectate Lyases....Pages 249-249
Comparisons between Pectic Enzyme Genes from Erwinia Carotovora Subsp. Carotovora and E . Carotovora Subsp. Atroseptica ....Pages 250-250
Markers on a Large, Self-Transmissible Plasmid in Erwinia Carotovora Subsp. Carotovora Strain 379....Pages 251-251
Molecular Evidence for Linkage between the Genes for a Polygalacturonase ( peh ) and a Pectate Lyase ( pel ) in Erwinia Carotovora Subsp. Carotovora ....Pages 252-252
Cloning and Characterization of a Gene for Extracellular Protease of Erwinia Carotovora Subsp. Carotovora ....Pages 253-253
 recA -Mediated Induction of Pectin Lyase and Carotovoricin in Erwinia Carotovora Subsp. Carotovora ....Pages 254-254
Genetics of the Damage Inducible Phenotypes of Erwinia Carotovora Subsp. Carotovora : Characterization of Tn 5 Insertional Mutants Defective in Pectin Lyase and Carotovoricin....Pages 255-255
Chemotaxes of Erwinia Carotovora Subsp. Carotovora and Erwinia Chrysanthemi ....Pages 256-256
PEL-C is the Major Pectate Lyase Produced by Erwinia Chrysanthemi (EC16) in Vitro and in Plant Tissue....Pages 257-257
Biochemical Properties of Three Extracellular Pectate Lyases of Erwinia Chrysanthemi EC16....Pages 258-258
Regulatory Mutants Affecting the Synthesis of Pectate Lyase of Erwinia Chrysanthemi ....Pages 259-259
Comparison of the Isoelectric Focusing Profiles of Pectic Enzymes Produced by Erwinia Chrysanthemi , E . Carotovora Subsp. Carotovora and E . Carotovora Subsp. Atroseptica ....Pages 260-260
Investigation of the Relatedness of Erwinia Chrysanthemi Pectate Lyase Isozymes by Genetic and Protein Analysis....Pages 261-261
Approaches in the Diagnosis of Soft Rot Diseases of the Potato....Pages 262-266
Soft Rot Erwinias: What is Pathogenicity?....Pages 267-267
Factors Affecting Blackleg Development....Pages 268-268
A Rapid Method to Identify Soft Rot Erwinias Directly from Plant Material....Pages 269-269
Antibiotic Production by Erwinia Carotovora Subsp. Betavasculorum : Partial ‘in Vitro’ Characterization and Evidence for Activity in Potato Tubers....Pages 270-271
Control of Bacterial Soft Rot in Potato Tubers with Hypochlorite and Certain Organic Acids....Pages 272-272
The Diversity of the Pectolytic Fluorescent Pseudomonads....Pages 273-276
Characteristics of Strains of Pseudomonas Fluorescens Isolated from Soil in Relation to Ability to Macerate Plant Tissue....Pages 277-282
Pectolytic Bacteria Associated with Post-Harvest Decays of Fruits and Vegetables with Special Reference to Fluorescent Pseudomonads....Pages 283-288
 Pseudomonas Marginalis , an Interesting Organism for Further Research....Pages 289-290
The Nonrandom Variation in the Distribution of Phenotypic Properties within a DNA Homology Matrix of Fluorescent Pseudomonads....Pages 291-297
Pectolytic Fluorescent Pseudomonads Associated with Alfalfa Root and Crown Rot....Pages 298-298
Taxonomy of the Fluorescent Pectolytic Pseudomonads....Pages 299-300
Serology of Mycoplasma-Like Organisms....Pages 301-305
Detection of Corn Stunt Spiroplasma in Plants by Elisa Employing Monoclonal Antibodies and by Isolation of the Pathogen and its Phages in Serum-Free Medium....Pages 306-312
Vector Relationships of Xylem- and Phloem-Limited Fastidious Prokaryotes....Pages 313-320
Biology and Physiology of Fastidious Xylem-Limited Bacteria from Plants....Pages 321-326
Etiology of Ratoon Stunting Disease and Host Resistance....Pages 327-333
Detection and Control of Plant Diseases Caused by Fastidious Prokaryotes....Pages 334-339
Development of Monoclonal Antibodies to Spiroplasmas Utilizing a Mixture of Spiroplasma Citri and Corn Stunt Spiroplasmas....Pages 340-346
Differentiation of Strains of Spiroplasma Citri with Monoclonal Antibodies....Pages 347-351
Monoclonal Antibodies for Differentiating Some Strains of the Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacteria from Plants....Pages 352-356
Serological Relationship Between the Xylem-Limited Bacterium Causing Sumatra Disease of Cloves in Indonesia and Pseudomonas Solanacearum ....Pages 357-363
Strains of Corn Stunt Spiroplasma Defective in Helicity and Motility....Pages 364-369
Preliminary Results on Transmission of Xylem-Limited Bacteria Causing Sumatra Disease of Cloves in Indonesia by Tube-Building Cercopoids, Hindola Spp. (Homoptera: Machaerotidae)....Pages 370-374
Purification of Mycoplasma-Like Organisms from Lettuce Affected with Aster Yellows Agent....Pages 375-375
The Genetic Basis for Virulence, Pathogenicity and Host Range in Agrobacterium Tumefaciens ....Pages 377-387
Genetics of Plant Pathogenic Coryneform Bacteria....Pages 388-393
Pathogenicity Genes of Xanthomonas Campestris ....Pages 394-403
Molecular Analysis of Pathogenicity of Pseudomonas Syringae Pathovars Phaseolicola and Syringae ....Pages 404-411
Genetics of Virulence in the Wilt Pathogen, Pseudomonas Solanacearum ....Pages 412-412
Complementation of Avirulent Mutants of Erwinia Stewartii by Recombinant Plasmids....Pages 413-418
Characterization of a Gene Cluster for Polysaccharide Biosynthesis in Erwinia Stewartii ....Pages 419-424
Cloning of a Gene from Erwinia Amylovora Involved in Induction of Hypersensitivity and Pathogenicity....Pages 425-429
Phage Mu as a Genetic Tool to Study the Pathogenicity of Erwinia Amylovora ....Pages 430-433
Use of Plasmid Vector pGS9 to Introduce Transposon Tn 5 into Pathovars of Pseudomonas Syringae ....Pages 434-438
Transformation of Pseudomonas Solanacearum with Plasmid DNA....Pages 439-443
Isolation and Characterization of Tn 5 Mutants of Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Phaseolicola which Fail to Elicit a Hypersensitive Response....Pages 444-447
Cosmid Instability in Pseudomonas Syringae Pathovars: Evidence for Directed Excision of a Cloned Sequence....Pages 448-452
Integration of pMMC7105 into the Chromosome of Pseudomonas Syringae pv. Phaseolicola Involves the Repetitive Sequence RSII....Pages 453-457
Transfection of Spiroplasma Citri with DNA of a New Rod-Shaped Spiroplasmavirus....Pages 458-464
Indigenous Plasmids in Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Pruni....Pages 465-469
New Stable High- and Low-Copy Cloning Vectors for use in Agrobacterium and Rhizobium ....Pages 470-470
A Shuttle-Vector for Transferring Cloned DNA between E . Coli CO1E1 Replicons and Agrobacterium Virulence Plasmids....Pages 471-471
Pathogenicity Mutants of Erwinia Amylovora Caused by Tn 5 Insertion....Pages 472-472
Transposon Tn 5 Mutagenesis of Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Tomato ....Pages 473-473
The use of a λgt11 Expression Vector and of Protein Sequence Derived DNA Oligomers to Clone Genes for Pilus Synthesis in Pseudomonas Solanacearum ....Pages 474-474
Cloning of Genes Associated with Pathogenicity and Hypersensitivity from Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Phaseolicola ....Pages 475-475
Molecular Analysis of Pathogenicity Specific Genes in Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Syringae ....Pages 476-476
Cloning Regulation and Expression of Yellow Pigment Genes from Erwinia Herbicola ....Pages 477-477
Cloning and Expression of a Serratia Marcescens Gene Encoding Chitinase....Pages 478-478
Detection and Initial Characterization of Plasmids in Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Glycines ....Pages 479-479
Current Status on Mode of Action Studies with Tagetitoxin....Pages 481-483
Cloning of Genes Encoding Phaseolotoxin....Pages 484-486
Molecular Genetics of Phaseolotoxin Production and Immunity in Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Phaseolicola ....Pages 487-497
Molecular Genetics of Coronatine Production by Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Glycinea ....Pages 498-508
2,5-Dihydrophenylalanine (DHP) from an Axenic Culture of Erwinia Amylovora : Possible Cause of Fireblight Necrosis....Pages 509-519
Toxigenic Bacteria: Their Ecology and Biocontrol Prospects....Pages 520-521
Characterization of Slimes Produced by Pseudomonas Phaseolicola in Vitro and in Planta , and the Demonstration of the Slime Polysaccharide Alginate in Seven Pseudomonas Syringae Pathovars....Pages 523-529
Leaf Necrosis Instead of Water-Soaking Due to Light Deficiency after Inoculation with Pseudomonads and Xanthomonads....Pages 530-536
Contribution of Sugar Bacterial Components in HR of Tobacco....Pages 537-544
Indications of a Role for Amylovorin as a Virulence Factor of Erwinia Amylovora ....Pages 545-550
Factors Affecting Production of Herbicolacin 112Y by Erwinia Herbicola 112Y....Pages 551-555
Multiplication of Wild Types of Pseudomonas Syringae Pv Savastanoi (Smith) Young Et Al. and their Indoleacetic Acid-Deficient Mutants in Olive Tissues....Pages 556-565
On the Presence and Level of Different Cytokinins in Culture Filtrate of Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Savastanoi ....Pages 566-570
Activation of a Plasmalemma K + Efflux/H + Influx Mechanism in Tobacco by Incompatible Bacteria or Pectate Lyase....Pages 571-571
Chromosomally Coded Pili of Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Phaseolicola Function as Adhesins in Early Steps of Halo Blight of Bean....Pages 572-577
Properties of Yellow (Orange)-Pigmented Strains of Soft Rot Bacteria in the Genus Xanthomonas , Pseudomonas , Cytophaga , and Erwinia ....Pages 578-583
Phage-Induced Mutations of Histidine and Cysteine Syntheses in Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Citri ....Pages 584-593
Ethylene Production by the Kudzu Strains of Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Phaseolicola ....Pages 594-594
Function of Zinc in Toxin Production by Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Tabaci ....Pages 595-595
Alginic Acid as an Exopolysaccharide of Plant Pathogenic Pseudomonads....Pages 596-596
Effects of Extracellular Polysaccharides on Bacterial Multiplication ‘In Planta’....Pages 597-598
Involvement of Lipid Peroxidation in Bacterially Induced Hypersensitive Reaction....Pages 599-599
Cell Membrane Potential in Tissues Undergoing Bacterial Hypersensitivity....Pages 600-600
Phytoalexin Accumulation in Congenic Cotton Lines Challenged with Different Races of Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Malvacearum ....Pages 601-601
 In Vitro Interaction of Copper and Magnesium on Copper-Sensitive and Copper-Resistant Strains of Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Vesicatoria ....Pages 602-602
Properties of Clavibacter Michiganense Ssp. Nebraskense , C . M . ssp. Tessellarius and C . M . ssp. Michiganense Harboring pDG101....Pages 603-603
Cytological Observations of Leaf Spot-Causing Bacteria in Susceptible and Resistant Hosts....Pages 604-612
Hydraulic Conductivity in Sugarcane Clones as Related to Resistance to Ratoon Stunting Disease....Pages 613-616
Avirulent Mutants of Erwinia Amylovora ; Relationship between Phage Sensitivity and Biological Properties....Pages 617-622
Susceptibility to Erwinia Amylovora of Flower Buds of Pear Trees, Under Natural Conditions....Pages 623-627
Preservation of Phytopathogenic Bacteria by Soft Agar Stab Method....Pages 628-633
Effect of Erwinia Herbicola on the Motility and Chemotaxis of Erwinia Amylovora ....Pages 634-634
Electron Microscopy of Lesion Development on Wound-Inoculated Leaves of Citrus Aurantiofolia Infected with Florida and Mexican Isolates of Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Citri ....Pages 635-635
Active Resistance of Cabbage to Xanthomona Campestris Pv. Carotae and Protection Against the Causal Agent of Black Rot, Pv. Campestris , by Co-Inoculation....Pages 636-636
Differential Effects of LiCl on Growth of Clavibacter Michiganense ssp. Nebraskense Recovered from Infected Corn Plants and Broth Culturers....Pages 637-637
Bacterial Pustule Disease of Soybean: Electron Microscopy of Pustule Development in a Susceptible Cultivar....Pages 638-638
Interaction between Genotypes of Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Malvacearum and Gossypium Hirsutum ....Pages 639-639
The Occurrence of Phytopathogenic Pseudomonas Marginalis in a Latent Stage on the Phylloplane of Healthy Witloof Chicory ( Cichorium Intybus L. Var Foliosum Hegi.)....Pages 640-644
Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Identified in Spain....Pages 645-652
Plant Diseases Caused by Bacteria in United Arab Emirates....Pages 653-657
 Xanthomonas Campestris Involved in Mexican Lime Bacteriosis in Colima, Mexico....Pages 658-662
Avocado Bacterial Blast in Mexico....Pages 663-667
Pepper Spot of Crucifers in California....Pages 668-671
Pathogenesis, Migration and Population Dynamics of Erwinia Amylovora in Susceptible (Jonathan) and Resistant (Red Delicious) Apple Shoots....Pages 672-679
Isolation and Identification of Xanthotoxin and Bergapten from Celery Infected with Erwinia Carotovora pv. Carotovora ....Pages 680-685
Changes in the Phenol Metabolism of Ornamental Shrubs ( Cotoneaster Species) Infected with Erwinia Amylovora ....Pages 686-694
Disease Expression in the Leaves of Two Tomato Cvs. Due to Infection of Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Vesicatoria (Doidge) Dye....Pages 695-705
Certain Cell Level Changes and Chromosomal Aberrations in Tomato Seedlings Induced by Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Vesicatoria ....Pages 706-714
Symptoms of Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Tagetis Infection in Sunflower....Pages 715-716
Invasion of the Epidermis and Cortex of Apple Roots by Actinomycetes....Pages 717-721
The Induction of Active Resistance in Cabbage to Black Rot ( Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Campestris ) by Inoculation with Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Carotae ....Pages 722-732
Isolation of Soil Bacteria with Inhibitory Activity to Pseudomonas Solanacearum ....Pages 733-739
Survival of Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Malvacearum and Performance of Seedlings from Commercially Ginned Cottonseed as Influenced by Length of Storage....Pages 740-745
Utility of an Eclectic Approach for Obtaining Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria from New York State Apple Replant Soils....Pages 746-751
Dispersal of Potato-Ringrot ( Corynebacterium Sepedonicum ) in the Field....Pages 752-755
Transfer of RP4 Plasmid on Leaf Surface of Hazelnut....Pages 756-762
Ecology and Survival of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria in the Semi-Arid Zones of Nigeria....Pages 763-763
Bacterial Blight of Anthurium in Venezuela....Pages 764-764
Occurrence of Bacterial Wilt of Casuarina Equisitifolia in Kerala, India....Pages 765-765
Etiology of the Head Rot Disease of Broccoli....Pages 766-766
Opportunistic Xanthomonads in Mixed Infections with Pseudomonas Syringae in Tomato and Pepper....Pages 767-767
Recovery of Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Vesicatoria from Tomato Seed....Pages 768-768
Incidence of Biovars I and II of Pseudomonas Solanacearum in Two Ecological Zones of Peru....Pages 769-769
Association of Erwinia Spp. with the Rhizosphere of Crops and Weeds in the Peruvian Jungle....Pages 770-770
Pectolytic Xanthomonas Isolates Causing Soft-Rot of Vegetables in Storage: Isolation, Characterization and Pathology....Pages 771-771
An Inhibitor of Escherichia Coli B Produced by a Sorghum Isolate of Pseudomonas Andropogonis ....Pages 772-772
A Comparison of Four Methods of Inoculation Potato Tubers with the Ring Rot Bacterium, Corynebacterium Sepedonicum ....Pages 773-773
Characterization of Phytopathogenic Pseudomonads: An Approach to Minimal Standards for Description....Pages 775-782
Problems with the Pathovar Concept....Pages 783-785
Practical Problems with the Pathovar Scheme in Plant Quarantine....Pages 786-794
The Taxonomy of Xanthomonas Dowson 1939....Pages 795-796
Analysis of Strain Variation in Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Phaseoli ....Pages 797-797
Detecting Seedborne Bacteria by Immunofluorescence....Pages 799-808
DNA Hybridization Probes for the Identification of Phytobacteria....Pages 809-817
Use of Selective Agar Media in Diagnosis of Plant Diseases Caused by Bacteria....Pages 818-820
Determination of Fatty Acid Profiles Relevant to the Characterization of Erwinia Amylovora ....Pages 821-829
Taxonomic Studies on Erwinia Amylovora Isolates and their Sensitivity to Antibiotics....Pages 830-834
Principles and Prospects of New Serological Techniques Including Immunosorbent Immunofluorescence, Immunoaffinity Isolation and Immunosorbent Enrichment for Sensitive Detection of Phytopathogenic Bacteria....Pages 835-842
Serological Differentiation of Strains of Erwinia Ananas with Hybridoma Antibodies....Pages 843-846
Mexican Lime Bacteriosis Examined with Monoclonal Antibodies....Pages 847-852
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (Standard Elisa and Biotin/Avidin Elisa) for the Detection of Erwinia Chrysanthemi in Dahlia Stem....Pages 853-861
Capability of Phytopathogenic Bacteria to Secrete Wall Degrading Enzymes--A Criterion for Their Identification....Pages 862-875
The Use of Elisa for the Detection of Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Phaseolicola and Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Phaseoli in Bean Seed....Pages 876-876
The Search for a Specific Antigen on Erwinia Amylovora ....Pages 877-877
Development of Elisa for Detection of Clavibacter Xyli Susp. Xyli , The Causal Agent of Ratoon Stunting Disease in Sugarcane....Pages 878-878
Dot-Immunobinding Assay for Detection of Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Holcicola in Sorghum....Pages 879-879
Problems with the Detection of Latent Potato Ring Rot Infection....Pages 880-881
Selective Isolation and Concentration of Phytopathogenic Bacteria on Immunoaffinity Columns....Pages 882-882
A Simplified Technique for the Isolation of Clavibacter Xyli Susp. Xyli ....Pages 883-883
Prospects for Detecting and Controlling Potato Ring Rot in Norway....Pages 884-884
Crown Gall of Grapevine: Disease Management Considerations....Pages 885-890
Prospects for the Integrated Control of Bacterial Wilt ( Pseudomonas Solanacearum )....Pages 891-899
Management of Citrus Canker by Eradication of Xanthomonas Campestris pv. Citri ....Pages 900-905
Specific Detection of Corynebacterium Sepedonicum in Potato with Monoclonal Antibodies as an Aid in Bacterial Ring Rot Control....Pages 906-913
Development of a Risk-Assessment System for Fire Blight....Pages 914-916
Assessment of Fire Blight Risk Assessment Systems....Pages 917-921
Role of Amino Acids in Biological Control of Erwinia Amylovora by Erwinia Herbicola ....Pages 922-923
Integrated Control of Pseudomonas Solanacearum in Chile....Pages 924-929
Resistance of Chilean Potato Clones to Bacterial Wilt....Pages 930-934
The Antagonistic Effects of Fluorescent Pseudomonas Spp. on Plant Growth and the Control of Softrot and Blackleg of Potato....Pages 935-943
Managing Pseudomonas Tolaasii , Bacterial Blotch of Agaricus Spp., by Integrated Biological and Chemical Practices....Pages 944-949
Effect of Nitrogen and Plant Spacing on Bacterial Leaf Blight of Rice....Pages 950-954
Chemical Control of Bacterial Leaf Blight of Paddy Caused by Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Oryzae ....Pages 955-958
Effect of Sodium Hypochlorite on Lime Fruit Surface Microflora and Suspensions of Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Citri , as Related to Citrus Bacteriosis in Colima, Mexico....Pages 959-963
The Efficiency and Economics of Some Disinfestants Challenged in Vitro by Clavibacter Michiganense Subsp. Michiganense ....Pages 964-972
Evaluation of an In-Field Microcomputer and a Weather-Based Model for Assessing Fire Blight Risk in Bloom....Pages 973-973
Tolerance Levels of Seedborne Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Translucens , the Causal Agent of Black Chaff of Wheat....Pages 974-975
Comparative Study of the Efficacy of Busan 30, Busan 72, and Bronocot for the Control of Bacterial Blight of Cotton in Northern Nigeria....Pages 976-981
Detection of X-Disease Mycoplasma-Like Organisms in Plant and Insect Hosts Using Cloned, Disease Specific DNA....Pages 982-982
Bacterial Populations in Buds and Probability of Frost Injury on Grapevine....Pages 983-993
Ice-Nucleation-Active Bacteria on Citrus in Florida....Pages 994-1004
Characteristics Relevant to the Question of Environmental Fate of Genetically Engineered INA - Deletion Mutant Strains of Pseudomonas ....Pages 1005-1012
Functional Significance of Oligonucleotide Repeats in a Bacterial Ice Nucleation Gene....Pages 1013-1017
Application of Tube-Nucleation Assays to Rapid Population Estimates of Rhizobacteria Expressing Novel Ice-Nucleation Activity....Pages 1018-1024
Ice-Nucleation Activity of Pseudomonas Syringae on Phaseolus Vulgaris Leaflets....Pages 1025-1026
Host Avoidance of Ice Nucleation Active Pseudomonas Syringae on Bean....Pages 1027-1027
Enhancement of Snow Production by Ice Nucleation-Active Bacteria in Air:Water Systems....Pages 1028-1028
Reciprocal Competition between INA + Wild-Type and INA - Deletion Mutant Strains of Pseudomonas on Strawberry Blossoms....Pages 1029-1029
Molecular Analysis of the Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Syringae ice Gene and Construction and Testing of Ice - Deletion Mutants for Biological Frost Control....Pages 1030-1030
A Hypothetical Bioprecipitation Cycle Involving Ice-Nucleating and Dew-Condensing Bacteria, Plants and Rainfall....Pages 1031-1031
Applications and Techniques for Deficiency-Marker Exchange in Pseudomonas ....Pages 1033-1039
Molecular Analysis of Race-Specific Incompatibility (RSI) Genes of Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Glycinea Race 0....Pages 1040-1040
Application of Novel Ice-Nucleation Activity to a Rapid Assay of Rhizobacteria Population Densities by “Tube-Freezing”....Pages 1041-1041
Plasmid-Specified Host Specificity in Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Vesicatoria ....Pages 1042-1050