This book is part of the Plant Pathology in the 21st Century Series, started in the occasion of the IX International Congress of Plant Pathology, Torino, 2008. In conjuction with the Xth International Congress of Plant Pathology, held in Beijing in August 2013. Although deriving from a Congress, the book will not have the format of traditional Proceedings, but will be organized as a resource book. It will be based on invited lectures presented at the Congress as well as by other chapters selected by the editors among offered papers. This book will cover a topic very important in the field of plant pathology, dealing with detection and diagnostics. This field of research is continuously moving forwards, due to innovation in techniques. The application of new detection and diagnostic technologies are relevant to many applied fields in agriculture. The different chapters will provide a very complete figure of the topic, from general and basic aspects to practical aspects.

Detection and Diagnostics of Plant Pathogens

New Developments in Identification and Quantification of Airborne Inoculum

Steph Heard

siRNA Deep Sequencing and Assembly: Piecing Together Viral Infections

Jan Kreuze

Use of Airborne Inoculum Detection for Disease Management Decisions

Walter F. Mahaffee

Proximal Sensing of Plant Diseases

Erich-Christian Oerke

Diagnostic Challenges for the Detection of Emerging Pathogens: A Case Study Involving the Incursion of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in New Zealand

Robert K. Taylor

Detection of Human Pathogens on Plants

Li Maria Ma

Plant Disease Diagnostics for Forensic Applications

Jacqueline Fletcher

Results of the EU Project QBOL, Focusing on DNA Barcoding of Quarantine Organisms, Added to an International Database (Q-Bank) on Identification of Plant Quarantine Pathogens and Relatives

Peter J. M. Bonants

On-Site Testing: Moving Decision Making from the Lab to the Field

Neil Boonham

Virtual Diagnostic Networks: A Platform for Collaborative Diagnostics

James P. Stack

Development and Implementation of Rapid and Specific Detection Techniques for Seed-Borne Pathogens of Leafy Vegetable Crops

M. Lodovica Gullino

Diagnosis of Plant Pathogens and Implications for Plant Quarantine: A Risk Assessment Perspective

Vittorio Rossi

Publish Date: 2014
Format: 6.5” × 9.5” hardcover
Pages: 200
Publication Weight: 2 lbs