Phytoplasmas: Plant Pathogenic Bacteria - II: Transmission and Management of Phytoplasma - Associated Diseases

Description

Phytoplasma-associated diseases are a major limiting factor in the context of the quality and productivity of many ornamental, horticultural and other economically important agricultural crops worldwide. Annual losses due to phytoplasma diseases vary, but under pathogen-favorable conditions they have disastrous consequences for the farming community. As there is no effective cure for these diseases, the management options focus on their exclusion, minimizing their spread by insect vectors and propagation materials and on the development of host plant resistance. This book discusses the latest information on the epidemiology and management of phytoplasma-associated diseases, providing a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of distribution, occurrence and identification of the phytoplasmas, recent diagnostics approaches, transmission, losses and geographical distribution as well as management aspects. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Insects as Phytoplasma Vectors: Ecological and Epidemiological Aspects (Alberto Alma, Federico Lessio, Herbert Nickel)....Pages 1-25 The Biology and Ecology of Leafhopper Transmission of Phytoplasmas (Phyllis G. Weintraub, Valeria Trivellone, Kerstin Krüger)....Pages 27-51 Psyllid Vectors (Barbara Jarausch, Rosemarie Tedeschi, Nicolas Sauvion, Jürgen Gross, Wolfgang Jarausch)....Pages 53-78 Vector Role of Cixiids and Other Planthopper Species (Jelena Jović, Monika Riedle-Bauer, Julien Chuche)....Pages 79-113 Transovarial Transmission in Insect Vectors (Rosemarie Tedeschi, Assunta Bertaccini)....Pages 115-130 Phytoplasma Transmission by Seed (Eleonora Satta, Samanta Paltrinieri, Assunta Bertaccini)....Pages 131-147 Transmission of Phytoplasmas by Agronomic Practices (Kadriye Caglayan, Mona Gazel, Dijana Škorić)....Pages 149-163 Control of Phytoplasma Diseases Through Resistant Plants (Carmine Marcone, Govind Pratap Rao)....Pages 165-184 Phytoplasma Elimination from Perennial Horticultural Crops (Margit Laimer, Assunta Bertaccini)....Pages 185-206 Microbe Relationships with Phytoplasmas in Plants and Insects (Elena Gonella, Rita Musetti, Elena Crotti, Marta Martini, Paola Casati, Einat Zchori-Fein)....Pages 207-235 Integrated Management of Phytoplasma Diseases (Piero Attilio Bianco, Gianfranco Romanazzi, Nicola Mori, Wayne Myrie, Assunta Bertaccini)....Pages 237-258