Phytoplasmas: Plant Pathogenic Bacteria - II Transmission and Management of Phytoplasma - Associated Diseases /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bertaccini, Assunta (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Weintraub, Phyllis G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rao, Govind Pratap (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mori, Nicola (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Plant pathology.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Entomology.; Sustainable development.; Agriculture.; Plant Pathology.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Sustainable Development.

Phytoplasma-associated diseases are a major limiting factor in the context of the quality and productivity of many ornamental, horticultural and other economically important agricultural crops worldwide. Annual losses due to phytoplasma diseases vary, but under pathogen-favorable conditions they hav...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Insects as phytoplasma vectors: ecological and epidemiological aspects
• Chapter 2. The biology and ecology of leafhopper transmission of phytoplasmas
• Chapter 3. Psyllid vectors
• Chapter 4. Vector role of cixiids and other planthopper species
• Chapter 5. Transovarial transmission in insect vectors
• Chapter 6. Phytoplasma transmission by seed
• Chapter 7. Transmission of phytoplasmas by agronomic practices
• Chapter 8. Control of phytoplasma diseases through resistant plants
• Chapter 9. Phytoplasma elimination from perennial horticultural crops
• Chapter 10. Microbes relationship with phytoplasmas in plants and insects
• Chapter 11. Integrated management of phytoplasma diseases. .