Fire blight: the disease and its causative agent, Erwinia amylovora

This book deals with fire blight, bacterial disease of apples and pears. The 1st section is about the disease epidemiology, its worldwide distribution and its economic importance, the host range of the pathogen and how it migrates and survives in the fruit tissues. The 2nd section is about the causal agent, Erwinia amylovora: its general characteristics as a member of the Enterobacteriaceae, but also the weapons it uses to cause disease: amylovoran, harpin, avirulence factors and siderophores. In the 3rd section, the authors address the difficult problems of fire blight control. They look at chemical control, problems associated with streptomycin resistance, potential and limitations of traditional breeding and transgenic plants, and risk assessment strategies for the control of fire blight in orchards and in nurseries.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Vanneste, J.L. (ed.)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
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Published:	Wallingford (United Kingdom) CABI 2000
Subjects:	ERWINIA AMYLOVORA, BACTERIOSES, BLIGHT, APPLES, PEARS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, DISEASE CONTROL, PATHOGENS, CHEMICAL CONTROL, TRANSGENIC PLANTS, POMME, POIRE, EPIDEMIOLOGIE, CONTROLE DE MALADIES, AGENT PATHOGENE, LUTTE CHIMIQUE, PLANTE TRANSGENIQUE, BACTERIOSE, DEPERISSEMENT, MANZANA, PERA, EPIDEMIOLOGIA, CONTROL DE ENFERMEDADES, ORGANISMOS PATOGENOS, CONTROL QUIMICO, PLANTAS TRANSGENICAS, BACTERIOSIS, TIZON,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9780851992945.0000
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