Mycoplasma Diseases of Trees and Shrubs
- 1st Edition - December 28, 1981
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Karl Maramorosch
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 3 1 5 5 4 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 5 3 5 6 - 0
Mycoplasma Diseases of Trees and Shrubs contains the edited papers presented at the Third Working Party meeting organized by Professor Karl Maramorosch at Rutgers University, New… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMycoplasma Diseases of Trees and Shrubs contains the edited papers presented at the Third Working Party meeting organized by Professor Karl Maramorosch at Rutgers University, New Jersey, in August 1979. This book also includes additional chapters by the invited contributors in the meeting. Organized into 15 chapters, this book begins with the isolation, characterization and identification of spiroplasmas and mycoplasma-like organisms. It then describes the various diseases of trees and shrubs, specifically yellows disease, stubborn disease, Paulownia witches' broom disease, mulberry dwarf, blueberry stunt, and sandal spike disease. It also elaborates the control of tree diseases by chemotherapy. This treatise will provide a standard reference work for all interested in plant mycoplasma diseases in forest pathology, entomology, and disease control.
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Isolation, Characterization, and Identification of Spiroplasmas and MLOs
Yellows Diseases of Trees
Stubborn Disease of Citrus
Paulownia Witches' Broom Disease
Mulberry Dwarf: First Tree Mycoplasma Disease
Lethal Yellowing Disease of Coconut and Other Palms
Transmission of Lethal Yellowing Mycoplasma by Myndus crudus
Association of Mycoplasma and Allied Pathogens with Tree Diseases in India
Blueberry Stunt
Sandal (Santalum album) Spike Disease
The Enigma of the Flower Spiroplasmas
Trees as Vectors of Spiroplasmas, Mycoplasma, and Rickettsia-like Organisms
Strains and Strain Interaction of the Citrus Greening Pathogen in India
Chemotherapy of Plant Mycoplasma Diseases
Control of Tree Diseases by Chemotherapy
Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 28, 1981
- No. of pages (eBook): 374
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124315549
- eBook ISBN: 9780323153560
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Karl Maramorosch
Professor Karl Maramorosch works at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
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