Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Major virus diseses. 3. Minor diseases. 4. Viroid diseases of grapevine. 5. Phytoplasma diseases yellows of grapevine. 6. Virus like diseases. 7. Trangenic resistance. 8. Certification of grapevine planting material. 9. References. Author index.

Thanks to Dr. S.J. Singh who has written the present book a further information source on this important phytopathological subject is now available. Special care was taken in the organization of the wide range of topics covered. It contains detailed descriptions of the various grapevine infectious diseases as well as updated information on the biological serological molecular and epidemiological characteristics of their causal agents. Current methodologies for diagnostic purposes and possible control measures are also well illustrated. For these reasons the book should be considered a valuable document for scientists technicians students involved in plant pathology and viticulture.