Fire blight : the disease and its causative agent, Erwinia amylovora / edited by Joel L. Vanneste.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vanneste, Joël L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fire-blight.

Erwinia amylovora--Control.

Erwinia amylovora.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 370 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA : CABI Pub., c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Addresses the bacterial disease, fire blight, and includes its epidemiology, distribution, host range, detection and infection. This work also considers the pathogen, including its biochemistry, genetics and pathogenicity, and finally reviews control, including biological methods.

Contents:

Fire Blight The Disease and its Causative Agent, Erwinia amylovora; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; What is Fire Blight? Who is Erwinia amylovora? How to Control It?; I The Disease; Epidemiology of Fire Blight; Distribution and EconomicImportance of Fire Blight*; Genetic Diversity and Host Range of Erwinia amylovora; Migration of Erwinia amylovora in Host Plant Tissues; II The Pathogen; Erwinia amylovora: General Characteristics, Biochemistry and Serology; Exopolysaccharides of Erwinia amylovora: Structure, Biosynthesis, Regulation, Role in Pathogenicity of Amylovoran and Levan

hrp Genes and Harpins of Erwinia amylovora: a Decade of Discovery; Disease-specific Genes of Erwinia amylovora: Keys to Understanding Pathogenesis and Potential Targets for Disease Contro; Iron and Fire Blight: Role in Pathogenicity of Desferrioxamine E, the Main Siderophore of Erwinia amylovora; III Control of Fire Blight; Chemical Control of Fire Blight; The Development of Streptomycin-resistant Strains of Erwinia amylovora; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-90819-X

9786610908196

1-84593-298-6

OCLC:

476080832