Phytobacteriology: Principles and Practice [electronic resource] Edited by J. D. Janse.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: CABI BooksPublisher: WallingfordUK CABI Publishing 2005Description: 360ppContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781845930356
This comprehensive manual of phytobacteriology is heavily illustrated with over 200 colour photographs and line illustrations. It begins by outlining the history and science of bacteriology and gives an overview of the diversity and versatility of complex bacteria. It then explains the characterization, identification and naming of complex bacteria, and explores how bacteria can cause disease and how plants react to such disease. The book also discusses the economic importance of bacterial diseases as well as strategies for their control and the reduction of crop losses. It concludes with fifty examples of plant pathogenic bacteria and the diseases that they cause.
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