Plant and Insect Mycoplasma Techniques

Plant and Insect Mycoplasma Techniques edited by M. J. Daniels, P. G. Markham.

Only 14 years have passed since the first publication appeared which implicated mycoplasmas as agents of plant disease. The diseases them­ selves have been known for much longer; indeed clover phyllody, a typical example, was described in the seventeenth century, well before any animal mycoplasma di...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Daniels, M. J. (Editor), Markham, P. G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1982.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Science.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1164-3
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Biology of Mycoplasmas
  • 2. Plant and Arthropod Mycoplasmas: A Historical Perspective
  • 3. The ‘Yellows’ Plant Diseases: Plant Hosts and their Interaction with the Pathogens
  • 4. Light and Electron Microscopy
  • 5. Chemical Treatment for Control of Plant Mycoplasma Diseases
  • 6. Media and Methods for Culture of Spiroplasmas
  • 7. Culture of Other Microorganisms from Yellows- diseased Plants
  • 8. Serological Characterisation of Spiroplasmas and Other Mycoplasmas
  • 9. Physicochemical Characterisation of Plant and Insect Mycoplasmas
  • 10. Insect Vectors
  • 11. Miscellaneous Methods
  • Notes on Contributors.

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