Plant Pathology: Concepts and Laboratory Exercises

Book Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Editors......Page 11
Contributors......Page 13
Table of Contents......Page 18
Part I: Introductory Concepts......Page 21
1. Plant Pathology and Historical Perspectives......Page 23
2. What Is a Disease?......Page 29
3. Introduction to Plant Pathogens......Page 36
Part II: Groups of Plant Pathogens......Page 47
4. Plant Pathogenic Viruses......Page 49
5. Mechanical Inoculation of Plant Viruses......Page 74
6. Pathogenic Prokaryotes......Page 89
7. Laboratory Exercises for Plant Pathogenic Bacteria......Page 109
8. Plant-Parasitic Nematodes......Page 121
9. Pathogenicity and Isolation of Plant Parasitic Nematodes......Page 137
10. Plant Pathogenic Fungi......Page 146
11. Slime Molds and Zoosporic Fungi......Page 180
12. Laboratory Exercises with Zoosporic Plant Pathogens......Page 193
13. Archiascomycete and Hemiascomycete Pathogens......Page 213
14. The Powdery Mildews......Page 223
15. Ascomycota: The Filamentous Fungi Forming Perithecia, Apothecia, and Ascostromata......Page 243
16. Deuteromycota: The Imperfect Fungi......Page 253
17. Laboratory Exercises Illustrating Some Fungi in the Deuteromycota......Page 266
18. Smut and Rust Diseases......Page 283
19. Fleshy and Other Basidiomycetes......Page 306
20. Oomycota: The Fungi-Like Organisms......Page 320
21. Laboratory Exercises with the Oomycetes......Page 338
22. Parasitic Seed Plants, Protozoa, Algae, and Mosses......Page 354
23. Abiotic Diseases......Page 367
Part III: Molecular Tools for Studying Plant Pathogens......Page 377
24. Studying the Ecology, Systematics, and Evolution of Plant Pathogens at the Molecular Level......Page 379
25. Molecular Techniques Used to Study Systematics, Ecology, and Evolution of Plant Pathogens......Page 391
Part IV: Plant-Pathogen Interactions......Page 419
26. Pathogen Attack Strategies......Page 421
27. Detecting and Measuring Extracellular Enzymes of Fungi and Bacteria......Page 440
28. Host Defenses......Page 463
29. Disruption of Plant Function......Page 476
Part V: Epidemiology and Disease Control......Page 494
30. Plant Disease Epidemiology......Page 496
31. Host Resistance......Page 520
32. Cultural Control of Plant Diseases......Page 550
33. Chemical Control of Plant Diseases......Page 561
34. Biological Control of Plant Pathogens......Page 574
35. Integrated Pest Management......Page 591
36. Plant Disease Diagnosis......Page 604
37. Diagnostic Techniques and Media Preparation......Page 626
Part VI: Special Topic......Page 635
38. In Vitro Plant Pathology......Page 637
Glossary......Page 655
Appendix I: Careers in Plant Pathology......Page 676
Appendix II: Fantastic Plant Pathology Websites......Page 679
Index......Page 682