Handbook of Plant Virology

Contents: About the editors. Contributors. Preface. 1. A historical outline of plant virology/J.P.H. van der Want. 2. Plant virus taxonomy/Mike A. Mayo and Allan A. Brunt. 3. Symptomatology/Jeanne Dijkstra and Jawaid A. Khan. 4. Isolation and purification of plant viruses/Sara Hughes and Nicola Spence. 5. Architecture of plant viruses/Ayala L.N. Rao and Vijay Reddy. 6. Replication and gene expression of plant RNA Viruses/Kook-Hyung Kim. 7. Replication and gene expression of DNA viruses/Crisanto Gutierrez. 8. Viroids/Ricardo Flores and Vicente Pallas. 9. Transmission of plant viruses by arthropods/Dick Peters. 10. Plant virus transmission: Fungi, nematodes, and seeds/Jeanne Dijkstra and Jawaid A. Khan. 11. Mechanical transmission of plant viruses/Jeanne Dijkstra and Jawaid A. Khan. 12. Serology/Marc H.V. van Regenmortel. 13. Detection and identification of plant viruses and disease diagnosis/Francisco J. Morales. 14. Ecology and Epidemiology/Michael J. Jeger. 15. Recombination in plant viruses/Chikara Masuta and Masashi Suzuki. 16. Virus variability and evolution/Fernando Garcia-Arenal and Jose M. Malpica. 17. Recombinant DNA Technology in plant virology/Huub J.M. Linthorst. 18. Resistance to viral infections in plants/Jennifer L. Miller, Tessa M. Burch-Smith and S.P. Dinesh-Kumar. 19. Virus diseases: economic importance and control strategies/A.F.L.M. Derks. Appendices: 1. Description of positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses/Jeanne Dijkstra and Jawaid A. Khan. 2. Description of double-stranded RNA viruses/Jeanne Dijkstra and Jawaid A. Khan. 3. Description of negative-sense single stranded RNA viruses/Jeanne Dijkstra and Jawaid A. Khan. 4. Description of single-stranded DNA viruses/Jeanne Dijkstra and Jawaid A. Khan. 5. Description of reverse-transcribing viruses/Jeanne Dijkstra and Jawaid A. Khan. Index.

"A comprehensive guide to the terms of expressions commonly used in the study of plant virology, complete with descriptions of plant virus families down to the generic level. Rather than simply listing term in alphabetical order, Handbook of Plant Virology links each term to related terms within a theme and adds commentary from authors whose specific expertise adds additional dimensions to the topics. The result is an invaluable resource for research workers, educators, and students working in plant virology and pathology, crop protection, molecular biology and plant breeding."