Tree mycoplasma and mycoplasma diseases / edited by C. Hiruki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hiruki, C. (Chuji), 1931-2021.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mycoplasma diseases in plants.

Trees--Diseases and pests.

Trees.

Mycoplasmatales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mycoplasma are the smallest free-living prokaryotes lacking a cell wall and are, therefore, highly pleomorphic. This book is a contribution toward an understanding of the complex problems of tree diseases caused by mycoplasma-like organisms and their relatives.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Mollicutes, Hosts, and Evolution""; ""Introduction""; ""Mollicute Phylogeny""; ""Mollicute Classification""; ""Evolutionary Implication of Arthropod Association""; ""Mollicute Taxa Associated with Insects""; ""Mycoplasma""; ""Acholeplasma""; ""Yellows Agents""; ""Spiroplasma""; ""Ecology""; ""References""; ""Chapter One: Tree Mycoplasma Diseases and Epidemiology""; ""Elm Yellows and Ash Yellows""; ""Introduction""; ""Elm Yellows""; ""Ash Yellows""; ""Vectors""; ""Gaps in Knowledge, Current and Needed Research""; ""References""

""Sandal Spike, The Present Situation""""Introduction""; ""Ecology of the Host""; ""Symptoms of Sandal Spike""; ""Physiological Changes""; ""Factors Affecting the Distribution of Spike Disease""; ""Natural Spread of the Disease""; ""Etiology""; ""Transmission""; ""Control""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Epidemiology of Sandal Spike Disease""; ""Introduction""; ""Materials and Methods""; ""Results""; ""Discussion""; ""References""; ""Mycoplasmas and Fastidious Vascular Prokaryotes Associated with Tree Diseases in China""; ""Introduction""; ""Mulberry Dwarf""; ""Paulownia Witches'-Broom""

""Jujube Witches'-Broom""""Citrus Huanglungbin (Citrus Yellow Shoot)""; ""Melia Witches'-Broom""; ""Discussion and Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Lethal Yellowing of Coconut Palms""; ""Introduction""; ""Geographical Distribution""; ""Symptomatology""; ""Host Range""; ""Epidemiology""; ""Etiology""; ""Search for a Vector""; ""Effect of LY on the Physiology of Palms""; ""Prevention and Control of LY""; ""References""; ""Occurrence of Rickettsialike Organisms and Mycoplasmalike Organisms in Beech Trees at Forest Dieback Sites in the Federal Republic of Germany""

""Introduction""""Materials and Methods""; ""Results""; ""Discussion""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""Chapter Two: Isolation, Culture, and Maintenance of Mycoplasmas""; ""Isolation and Cultivation of Spiroplasmas and Mycoplasmalike Organisms: Approaches and Perspectives""; ""Introduction""; ""Nutritional Studies""; ""Enzyme Studies""; ""Summary and Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Maintenance of Yellows-Type Mycoplasmalike Organisms""; ""Introduction""; ""Maintenance in Plants""; ""Maintenance in Insects""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""

""Effect of Temperature and Modes of Incubation on the Viability of Spiroplasma Cultures""""Introduction""; ""Materials and Methods""; ""Results""; ""Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter Three: Innovative Diagnostic Procedures for Mycoplasma Diseases""; ""Serological Detection of Mycoplasmalike Organisms from Plants Affected with Yellows Diseases""; ""Introduction""; ""Immunodifussion Tests""; ""Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)""; ""Immunosorbent Electron Microscopy (ISEM)""; ""Discussion and Conclusions""; ""References""

""Detection of Mycoplasmas and Spiroplasmas in Insects""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

1-4593-0422-5

1-4175-9151-X