Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) has the broadest host range of any virus, and among the 1,000-plus host plants it affects are economically important food crops such as tomato, pepper, and lettuce. New species of host plants are being identified every year, mostly among weeds and ornamental plants as the latter become more popular. This is especially true in the developing world, where many plant species have not yet been surveyed.

To date, most publications on CMV have focused on specific aspects of the virus. That has changed with release of this book by APS PRESS, Cucumber Mosaic Virus. Written by an international group of 29 experts on various aspects of CMV, this comprehensive book provides key findings from 100 years of research in a single volume.

Cucumber Mosaic Virus reprints the first three papers on cucumber mosaic disease published in 1916 and covers the literature since then on various aspects of CMV: the pathology associated with CMV, the molecular biology of CMV, the purification of CMV, the use of CMV as a protein expression vector or a gene-silencing vector, and the structure, biology, and evolution of CMV satellite RNAs.

Researchers, diagnosticians, regulators, and students alike will benefit from the features of this new authority on CMV:

• A literature review of most aspects of CMV research documents the history of findings in a single volume.

• Descriptions of the complexities in the ecology and epidemiology of CMV outline available approaches and provide an understanding of what needs to be done.

• Evaluations of disease detection methods identify effectiveness and sensitivities versus costs—key decision-making factors.

• Descriptions of control methods and methods of virus transmission provide the basis for implementing management strategies and regulatory measures.

• A comprehensive list of host plants facilitates identification of known weed hosts and possible new hosts.

Cucumber Mosaic Virus also provides the context for the state of research on CMV and identifies what areas require more research for better understanding of one of the world’s most important plant viruses and the diseases it causes in numerous host plants.

Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV)

SECTION I. INTRODUCTION

Peter Palukaitis and Fernando García-Arenal

SECTION II. THE BEGINNING

Peter Palukaitis and Fernando García-Arenal

SECTION III. THE PATHOLOGY

Peter Palukaitis and Fernando García-Arenal

Chapter 1. Host Range

Ju-Yeon Yoon, Peter Palukaitis, and Seung-Kook Choi

Chapter 2. Diagnosis and Detection

Varvara I. Maliogka, Chrysoula Orfanidou, Leonidas Lotos, and Nikolaos I. Katis

Chapter 3. Epidemiology and Ecology

Mark Tepfer and Fernando García-Arenal

Chapter 4. Host Responses: Susceptibility

John P. Carr and Alex M. Murphy

Chapter 5. Host Responses: Resistance

Chikara Masuta and Hideki Takahashi

Chapter 6. Cytopathology of Cucumber Mosaic Virus Infections

Giovanni P. Martelli

Chapter 7. Synergy with Other Viruses

Peter Palukaitis

Chapter 8. Cross-Protection

Minoru Takeshita

Chapter 9. Control

Nikolaos I. Katis, Elisavet K. Chatzivassiliou, Kriton Kalantidis, Mina Tsagris, and Varvara I. Maliogka

SECTION IV. THE VIRUS MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Peter Palukaitis and Fernando García-Arenal

Chapter 10. Genome Structure and Expression

Peter Palukaitis

Chapter 11. Replication and the Replicase

Jang-Kyun Seo, Sun-Jung Kwon, and Kook-Hyung Kim

Chapter 12. Suppression of Plant Defense

John P. Carr and Alex M. Murphy

Chapter 13. Determinants of Pathogenesis

Peter Palukaitis

Chapter 14. Movement in the Plant

Peter Palukaitis

Chapter 15. Movement Between Plants: Horizontal Transmission

Alberto Fereres and Keith L. Perry

Chapter 16. Movement Between Plants: Vertical Transmission

Israel Pagán

Chapter 17. Virus Structure and Encapsidation

Keith L. Perry

Chapter 18. Molecular Evolution

Rimnoma S. Ouedraogo and Marilyn J. Roossinck

SECTION V. OTHER ASPECTS OF RESEARCH ON CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS

Peter Palukaitis and Fernando García-Arenal

Chapter 19. Virus Purification and RNA Isolation

Peter Palukaitis

Chapter 20. Useful Applications of Cucumber Mosaic Virus

Noriho Fukuzawa, Takeshi Matsumura, and Chikara Masuta

SECTION VI. THE SATELLITE RNAs

Peter Palukaitis and Fernando García-Arenal

Chapter 21. Satellite Structure

Peter Palukaitis

Chapter 22. Satellite Replication

Peter Palukaitis

Chapter 23. Satellite RNA Encapsidation and Movement

Peter Palukaitis

Chapter 24. Satellite Pathogenicity

Hanako Shimura and Chikara Masuta

Chapter 25. Satellite RNA Evolution

Fernando García-Arenal and Marilyn J. Roossinck

SECTION VII. THE FUTURE

Peter Palukaitis and Fernando García-Arenal

APPENDIX: HOST LIST OF CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS

Peter Palukaitis and Fernando García-Arenal

INDEX

”The practical importance of virus research makes the APS ”Cucumber Mosaic Virus” book worth considering for research library shelves in agriculture, plant pathology, entomology, medicine, microbiology, molecular biology, virology, etc.”
—Biocontrol Beat

”…an ideal and authoritative reference that is unreservedly recommended for college and university library Gardening/Horticultural collections, as well as the supplemental curriculum studies reading lists for students, academia, and plant disease researchers.”
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