Advances in virus research. Volume ninety one, Control of plant virus diseases : vegetatively-propagated crops / edited by Gad Loebenstein, Nikolaos I. Katis ; contributors, Marina Barba [and twenty four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loebenstein, G. (Gad), editor.

Katis, Nikolaos I., editor.

Barba, Marina, contributor.

Series:

Advances in virus research ; Volume 91.

Advances in Virus Research, 0065-3527 ; Volume 91

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virus diseases of plants.

Seed crops.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Place of Publication:

Waltham, Massachusetts : Academic Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first review series in virology and published since 1953, Advances in Virus Research covers a diverse range of in-depth reviews, providing a valuable overview of the field. The series of eclectic volumes are valuable resources to virologists, microbiologists, immunologists, molecular biologists, pathologists, and plant researchers. Volume 91 features articles on control of plant virus diseases. Contributions from leading authoritiesComprehensive reviews for general and specialist useFirst and longest-running review series in virology

Contents:

Front Cover; Control of Plant Virus Diseases: Vegetatively-Propagated Crops; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Reference; Chapter One: Principles for Supplying Virus-Tested Material; 1. Introduction; 2. Virus Detection; 3. Virus Elimination; 3.1. Thermotherapy; 3.2. Low-temperature therapy; 3.3. Meristem culture in vitro; 3.4. Micrografting in vitro; 3.5. Chemotherapy; 3.6. Cryotherapy; 3.7. Combination of methods; 3.7.1. Thermotherapy and apical meristem culture or shoot-tip grafting; 3.7.2. Chemotherapy and tissue culture or shoot-tip grafting

3.7.3. Chemotherapy, thermotherapy, and meristem in vitro culture4. Certification Schemes and Programs; 4.1. Principles; 4.2. Harmonization; 4.3. Effectiveness; 5. Prospects; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter Two: Control of Sweet Potato Virus Diseases; 1. Introduction; 2. The Main Viruses; 2.1. Sweet potato feathery mottle virus Genus Potyvirus; 2.2. Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus Genus Crinivirus; 2.3. Sweet potato mild mottle virus Genus Ipomovirus; 2.4. Sweet potato latent virus Genus Potyvirus; 2.5. Sweet potato leaf curl virus Genus Begomovirus

3. Transgenic Approaches to Control the Viruses in Sweet Potato3.1. The orthodox approach for control; References; Chapter Three: Control of Pome and Stone Fruit Virus Diseases; 1. Introduction: The Importance of Temperate Fruit Trees Worldwide; 2. Major Viruses Affecting Temperate Fruit Trees; 2.1. Family: Betaflexiviridae; 2.1.1. Genus: Trichovirus; 2.1.1.1. Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus; 2.1.1.2. Cherry mottle leaf virus; 2.1.2. Genus: Capillovirus; 2.1.2.1. Apple stem grooving virus; 2.1.3. Genus: Foveavirus; 2.1.3.1. Apple stem pitting virus; 2.1.4. Genus: Unassigned

2.1.4.1. Cherry green ring mottle virus2.2. Family: Bromoviridae; 2.2.1. Genus: Ilarvirus; 2.2.1.1. Prunus necrotic ringspot virus; 2.2.1.2. Apple mosaic virus; 2.2.1.3. Prune dwarf virus; 2.3. Family: Closteroviridae; 2.3.1. Genus: Ampelovirus; 2.3.1.1. Little cherry virus 1 and Little cherry virus 2 (LChV-1 and LChV-2); 2.4. Family: Potyviridae; 2.4.1. Genus: Potyvirus; 2.4.1.1. Plum pox virus; 3. Reliable and Sensitive Detection Methods; 4. Present Control Methods; 4.1. Exclusion of the pathogen(s) by crop quarantine; 4.2. Exclusion of the pathogen(s) by crop certification

4.3. Control of pathogens by eradication of infected cultivars and rootstocks4.4. Controlling viral insect vectors; 4.5. Elimination of pathogen in planting material; 4.6. Selection of tolerant and/or resistant crop cultivars; 5. Transgenic Approaches to Induce Virus Resistance in Temperate Fruit Trees; References; Chapter Four: Cassava Virus Diseases: Biology, Epidemiology, and Management; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Cassava: the plant, its cultivation and current economic importance; 1.2. Threats to cassava production; 2. Biology and Epidemiology of Cassava Viruses; 2.1. Viruses of cassava

2.1.1. Africa and South Asia

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 27, 2015).

ISBN:

0-12-802763-0

0-12-802762-2