Phytopathogenic Procaryotes and Plant Diseases

This book deals with Plant Bacteriology/Phytobacteriology, which is a sub-discipline of Plant Pathology. Phytobacteriology deals with plant diseases caused by Phytopathogenic Procaryotes or plant pathogenic bacteria, their prevention and control. Some of these diseases, namely, bacterial wilt of solanaceous plants, soft rot of fleshy fruits and vegetables, bacterial blight of rice, fire blight of pome fruits, crown gall of plants, citrus canker, citrus huanglongbing, etc. This book will serve as a text book for UG and PG students from the discipline of Plant Pathology and Plant Bacteriology. It will also serve as a Reference book for research workers engaged in the discipline of Plant Pathology and Plant Bacteriology.