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1 online resource (497 pages) |
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Cover; Half title; Copyrights; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1. Introduction: Historical Background, Pathogens, Symptoms, and Economic Importance; 1.1 Historical Background; 1.2 Symptoms; 1.3 Pathogens; 1.4 Economic Importance; 2. Modes of Spread of Plant Pathogens; 2.1 Vertical Transmission; 2.1.1 Vegetative propagation; 2.1.2 Mechanical means; 2.1.3 Biological seed; 2.1.4 Biological pollen; 2.1.5 Parasitic plants; 2.1.6 Grafting; 2.2 Horizontal Transmission; 2.2.1 Living agents; 2.2.1.1 Insects; 2.2.1.2 Mites; 2.2.1.3 Nematodes; 2.2.1.4 Fungi |
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2.2.1.5 Protozoa (Trypanosomes)2.2.1.6 Earthworms; 2.2.1.7 Slugs; 2.2.1.8 Animals/Man; 2.2.1.9 Birds; 2.2.2 Nonliving agents; 2.2.2.1 Soil; 2.2.2.2 Water; 2.2.2.3 Air; 3. Feeding Mechanism of Vectors and Plant Pathogens; 3.1 Familiarization with Insect Vectors; 3.2 Identification and Biology; 3.2.1 Hemipterous vectors; 3.2.1.1 Aphids; 3.2.1.2 Leafhoppers; 3.2.1.3 Planthoppers; 3.2.1.4 Whiteflies; 3.2.1.5 Psyllids; 3.2.1.6 Mealybugs; 3.2.1.7 Scale insects; 3.2.1.8 Froghoppers/Spittlebugs; 3.2.1.9 Treehoppers; 3.2.1.10 Heteropterous bugs (true bugs); 3.3 Thysanoptera; 3.3.1 Thrips; 3.4 Diptera |
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3.4.1 Dipterous flies3.5 Coleoptera; 3.5.1 Beetles; 3.6 Hymenoptera; 3.6.1 Ants, bees, and wasps; 3.7 Orthoptera; 3.7.1 Grasshoppers; 3.8 Lepidoptera; 3.8.1 Butterflies and moths; 3.9 Dermaptera; 3.9.1 Earwigs; 3.10 Dictyoptera; 3.10.1 Cockroaches; 3.11 Feeding Mechanism of Hemipterans; 3.11.1 Sternorrhyncha; 3.11.2 Auchenorrhyncha; 3.12 Feeding Mechanism of Chewing Insects; 3.12.1 Grasshoppers; 3.12.2 Beetles; 3.12.3 Moths/butterflies/earwigs/cockroaches/ants/bees; 3.13 Mechanism of Transmission of Plant Pathogens; 3.13.1 Categories of virus transmission; 3.13.2 Specificity criterion |
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3.13.3 Virus multiplication in vector3.13.3.1 Serial passage technique; 3.13.3.2 Transovarial transmission; 3.13.3.3 Long latent period; 3.13.3.4 Inclusion bodies of virus particles in different parts of body; 3.13.3.5 Detection of virus in vector through ELISA; 3.13.3.6 Factors affecting multiplication of virus; 3.13.4 Bacterial symbionts; 3.14 Mites; 3.15 Nematodes; 3.16 Fungi/Plasmodiophorids Protozoa; 3.17 Mechanism of the Spread of Pathogens Other than Viruses (Fungi, Bacteria, Phytoplasma, Rickettsiae like Organisms, Nematodes, and Protozoa) through insects; 4. Aphids |
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4.1 Identification4.2 Life Cycle of Aphids; 4.3 Feeding Mechanism; 4.4 Virus Transmission Cycle; 4.5 Mechanism of Virus Transmission; 4.6 Helper Component/Coat Protein; 4.7 Non-persistent Stylet-borne Viruses; 4.7.1 Helper component/coat protein; 4.8 Non-persistent Foregut-borne Plant Viruses; 4.8.1 Helper component/coat protein; 4.9 Persistent Circulative Viruses; 4.9.1 Coat protein (CP); 4.10 Circulative Propagative Viruses; 4.11 Diseases Caused by Aphid-borne Genera of Plant Viruses; 4.11.1 Non-persistent/stylet-borne viruses; 4.11.1.1 Cucumovirus (Cucumber mosaic virus-CMV) |
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4.11.1.2 Potyvirus (Potato virus Y-PVY) |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429994517 |
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0429994516 |
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