Vascular Wilt Diseases of Plants: Basic Studies and Control

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Dynamics of Colonization of Plant Roots by Verticillium Dahliae and Other Fungi....Pages 1-17
Colonization of the Vascular System of Plants by Fungal Wilt Pathogens: A Basis for Modeling the Interactions between Host and Parasite in Time and Space....Pages 19-32
Host Colonization and Pathogenesis in Plant Diseases Caused by Fastidious Xylem-Inhabiting Bacteria....Pages 33-50
Pathogenesis in Vascular Diseases of Plants....Pages 51-94
Biology and Host-Parasite Relations of Fusarium Oxysporum F. Sp. Radicis-Lycopersici ....Pages 95-105
Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections by Immunological Methods....Pages 107-111
Colonization and Pathogenesis in Chickpeas Infected by Races of Fusarium Oxysporum F. Sp. Ciceri ....Pages 113-121
Current Status of Verticillium Wilt of Cotton in Southern Spain: Pathogen Variation and Population in Soil....Pages 123-132
A Leaf Injection Technique for the Enhancement of Low Populations of Clavibacter Michiganensis Subsp. Sepedonicus ....Pages 133-142
Sources and Pathways of Contamination of Potatoes by Soft Rot Erwinias in Scotland....Pages 143-151
Recognition and Response between Host and Parasite as Determinants in Resistance and Disease Development....Pages 153-162
Secondary Metabolites Produced in Resistant and Susceptible Host Plants in Response to Fungal Vascular Infection....Pages 163-174
Induced Resistance to Fusarium Wilt Diseases....Pages 175-196
Physiological and Biochemical Mechanisms in Host Resistance and Susceptibility to Wilt Pathogens....Pages 197-217
Exopolysaccharides Produced by Pseudomonas Solanacearum ....Pages 219-228
Cross Protection Among Strains of Verticillium Dahliae on Sunflower....Pages 229-235
Accumulation of Phytoalexins in Susceptible and Resistant Nearisogenic Lines of Tomato Inoculated with Verticillium Albo-Atrum or Fusarium Oxysporum F. Sp. Lycopersici ....Pages 237-246
Fusarium Wilt of Oil Palm: Transmission, Isolate Variation, Resistance....Pages 247-258
Implications of Genetic/Molecular Evidence with Respect to Virulence/Avirulence of Fungal Wilt Pathogens....Pages 259-275
Molecular Bases for Virulence and Avirulence of Fungal Wilt Pathogens....Pages 277-289
Virulence and Avirulence of Bacterial Pathogens and Designation of Races....Pages 291-302
Organization and Expression of the hrp Gene Cluster in Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Phaseolicola ....Pages 303-314
The Analysis of Verticillium Strain Relationship....Pages 315-323
Selection, Characterization, Pathogenicity and Virulence of Pectinase — Deficient Mutants of Verticillium Albo-Atrum ....Pages 325-335
Nutritional Factors Affecting Fusarium Wilt Incidence and Severity....Pages 337-352
Soil Temperature Interactions with the Biotic Components of Vascular Wilt Diseases....Pages 353-366
Microbial Populations and Mechanisms Determining Soil-Suppressiveness to Fusarium Wilts....Pages 367-384
Role of Competition for Carbon and Iron in Mechanisms of Soil Suppressiveness to Fusarium Wilts....Pages 385-396
Epidemiology of Fusarium Oxysporum F. Sp. Radicis-Lycopersici ....Pages 397-411
On the Influence of Environmental Factors on Disease Development....Pages 413-420
Factors Affecting Potato Blackleg Development....Pages 421-431
Characteristics of Greek Isolates of Pseudomonas Solanacearum ....Pages 433-440
Problems and Prospects in Controlling Verticillium Wilt....Pages 441-456
Manipulation of Soil Environment to Create Suppressiveness in Soils....Pages 457-478
Allelopathic Control of Fusarium Oxysporum F. Sp. Radicis-Lycopersici ....Pages 479-486
Biocontrol of Verticillium Wilt of Eggplant and Potato....Pages 487-492
The Biological Control Induced by Soil Solarization....Pages 493-499
Strategies for the Control of Bayoud Disease of the Date Palm Caused by Fusarium Oxysporum F. Sp. Albedinis ....Pages 501-513
Races of Fusarium Oxysporum F. Sp. Ciceri Infecting Chickpeas in Southern Spain....Pages 515-520
Inhibition of Microsclerotium Formation in Verticillium Dahliae by Thioglycolic Acid in Infected Cotton Stems....Pages 521-527
Studies on Selectivity and Systemicity of Sterol Biosynthesis Inhibitors in Transformed Roots Inoculated with Fusarium Oxysporum ....Pages 529-535
Cultural Practices: The Effect of Plant Density and Irrigation Regimes on Verticillium Wilt of Cotton....Pages 537-541
Effect of Crop Rotation and Metham-Sodium on Verticillium Dahliae ....Pages 543-555
Preliminary Studies on the Control of Potato Blackleg By a Hot Water Treatment of Seed Tubers....Pages 557-566
Biological Control of Pseudomonas Solanacearum ....Pages 567-572
Back Matter....Pages 573-592