Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens
Contents: Preface. 1. Detection and molecular characterization of a Phytoplasma associated with Frogskin Disease in Cassava/Elizabeth Alvarez, Juan F. Mejia and German A. Ilano. 2. Molecular characterization of Bipolaris sorokiniana causing spot blotch of wheat/Rashmi Aggarwal, V.B. Singh, M.S. Gurjar and Sangeeta Gupta. 3. Trichoderma: biology and its potential for biocontrol/Pranav Chettri, Mala C. Ganiger and P.U. Krishnaraj. 4. Molecular biology of Phytophthora infestans causing late blight of potato/V.P. Chimote and S.J. Gawande. 5. Macrophomina phaseolina: an overview of molecular biology and host specialization/I.K. Das and A.V. Gadewar. 6. Recent advances in diagnosis of plant pathogens/S.J. Gawande, V.P. Chimote and Nimisha Kaushal. 7. Molecular characterization of Fusarium spp. causing wilt of Patchouli and Gladiolus/Yashoda R. Hegde, Sridevi Chavan, Sumitra Patil Kulkarni, Srikant Kulkarni and S.K. Prashanthi. 8. Reusing of Agarose in molecular plant pathology laboratories/Kamel Ahmed Abd-Elsalam. 9. Rapid detection of Ganoderma disease of coconut by Immunoassay and PCR/A. Kandan, V. Rajendran, V. Raguchander and R. Samiyappan. 10. Novel approaches for the detection of plant viruses/S.S. Kang and Abhishek K. Sharma. 11. Molecular characterization of formae speciales of Fusarium oxysporum: a review/V.C. Khilare and L.V. Gangawane. 12. Molecular and pathogenic variability in Plasmopora halstedii causing downy mildew of sunflower/Srikant Kulkarni, Yashoda R. Hegde and V. Ramesh Kota. 13. Molecular variability of rice blast pathogen, Pyricularia grisea and resistant gene deployment in Karnataka/S.K. Prashanthi, Srikant Kulkarni, B.S. Meena, Y.R. Hegde and N.G. Hanamaratti. 14. Diagnosis, molecular characterization and management of Phytoplasma diseases: a review/G.P. Rao and Smriti Mall. 15. Biochemical and molecular variability in Pythium Aphanidermatum causing Rhizome Rot of ginger/Shalini D. Sagar and Shrikant Kulkarni. 16. Molecular based techniques for characterization, detection and diagnosis of plant viruses, viroids and Phytoplasmas/Satya Prakash and S.J. Singh. 17. Characterization of Trichoderma spp/Pratibha Sharma, A. Muthu Kumar and Monica Henry. 18. Vegetative Compatibility Groups (VCGs) in Fungi/Pratibha Sharma, Susanta Banik, Mousa Najafinia and Monica Henry. 19. Molecular methods for detection of plant pathogen with special reference to DNA Based methods/Kahekashan Tanveer, Sairose S. Lalani and M.M.V. Baig. Index.
"Molecular biology has emerged as one of the most important branches of biological sciences helping them in achieving rapid and significant advancements. This branch has been able to provide the essential information on the basic cell behavior pattern. The structure and function of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) and proteins were extensively examined. The individual molecules function generally as components of complex gene expression mechanism in metabolic pathways. This book presents updated and comprehensive information of molecular aspects of plant pathogens in to nineteen articles. Different plant pathogens like Bipolaris, Phytophthora infestans, Macrophomina phaseolina, Fusarium spp., Ganoderma, Plasmopara halstedii, Pyricularia grisea, Pythium aphanidermatum were characterized by different methods. However the reuse of Agarose Gel in molecular studies is beneficial to all laboratories in this area. The review article of Phtoplasma, plant viruses, Vegetative Compatibility Groups (VCGs) in fungi, Fusarium, Trichoderma were highly effective and adds the recent information which is beneficial to researchers. The recent advances in diagnosis of plant pathogens by different methods are included in this book. The different authors deserved excellent job through involving recent references in respective articles and brought very useful information for workers in molecular plant pathology." (jacket)
