Description: Intended as a text for plant bacteriology courses and as a reference for plant pathologists in agricultural extension services and experimental stations, < B> Fundamentals of Bacterial Plant Pathology< /B> presents current information on bacterial morphology, taxonomy, genetics, and ecology. Diagnosis, disease management, and the molecular basis of host-pathogen interactions are examined. The book is well illustrated, includes both subject and taxonomic indexes, and provides suggestions for the further reading. Key Features* Provides an overview on phytopathogenic prokaryotes and plant prokaryote diseases * Contains detailed descriptions of topics of current interest including: * Molecular Genetics of Pathogenesis* Modern taxonomy and ecological behaviors of phytopathogenic prokaryotes* Biological control of plant prokaryote diseases * Presents full descriptions of eighteen selected diseases of economic interest

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