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Plant Virology

  • 3rd Edition - March 7, 1991
  • Latest edition
  • Author: R C Matthews
  • Language: English

Major developments have taken shape in the ten years since the publication of Plant Virology, Second Edition. This Third Edition of the leading comprehensive text and refere… Read more

Description

Major developments have taken shape in the ten years since the publication of Plant Virology, Second Edition. This Third Edition of the leading comprehensive text and reference for the field contains more than sixty percent new material, including applications and results of gene manipulation techniques. As with the first and second editions, this volume covers all aspects of plant virology, from molecular to ecological. Plant Virology, Third Edition, is intended for graduate students, researchers, and teachers in plant virology, plant pathology, general virology, and microbiology, and scientists in related areas of molecular biology, biochemistry, plant physiology, and entomology.

Readership

Researchers, teachers, graduate and advanced undergraduate students in plant virology, plant pathology, entomology, microbiology, and related disciplines; plant physiology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, biological control, evolution and ecology.

Table of contents

Introduction:Methods for Assay Detection and Diagnosis.Isolation.Components.Architecture.Replication I:Introduction to the Study of Virus Replication.Replication II:Viruses with SS Positive Sense RNA Genomes.Replication III:Other Virus Groups and Families.Viroids, Satellites, Viruses, and Satellite RNAs.Transmission, Movement, and Host Range.Disease Symptoms and Effects on Metabolism.Induction of Disease.Variability.Relationships between Plant Viruses and Invertebrates.Ecology.Economic Importance and Control.Nomenclature, Classification, Origins, and Evolution.Index.

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 7, 1991
  • Language: English

About the author

RM

R C Matthews

Affiliations and expertise
The University of Auckland, Private Bag, New Zealand

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