Bacterial diseases of crop plants / authors: Suresh G. Borkar and Rupert Anand Yumlembam.

Food and agriculture is an important component in the development and survival of civilizations. Around half of the world's population and their economies are influenced by agricultural farm production. Plant diseases take as much as a 30 percent toll of the crop harvest if not managed properly...

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Main Authors: Borkar, S. G. (Suresh Govindrao), 1956- (Author), Yumlembam, Rupert Anand (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
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  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Authors; Chapter 1: Global Overview: Economic Losses due to Bacterial Plant Pathogens and Diseases; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Overview of Losses due to Bacterial Plant Diseases; 1.3 Major Bacterial Plant Pathogens Influencing World Agricultural Crop Production; 1.3.1 Pseudomonas syringae pathovars; 1.3.2 Ralstonia solanacearum; 1.3.3 Agrobacterium tumefaciens; 1.3.4 Xanthomonas oryzae; 1.3.5 Xanthomonas campestris pathovars; 1.3.5.1 Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum.
  • 1.3.5.2 Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris1.3.5.3 Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria; 1.3.6 Xanthomonas axonopodis; 1.3.6.1 Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis; 1.3.6.2 Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli; 1.3.6.3 Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. punicae; 1.3.7 Erwinia amylovora; 1.3.8 Xylella fastidiosa; 1.3.9 Dickeya (dadantii and solani); 1.3.10 Pectobacterium carotovorum (and Pectobacterium atrosepticum); References; Suggested Reading; Chapter 2: Bacterial Diseases of Cereal Crops; 2.1 Wheat; 2.1.1 Black Chaff of Wheat; 2.1.2 Basal Glume Rot of Wheat.
  • 2.1.3 Bacterial Leaf Blight of Wheat2.1.4 Yellow Ear Rot of Wheat; 2.1.5 Bacterial Mosaic of Wheat; 2.1.6 Gumming Disease of Wheat; 2.1.7 Bacterial Sheath Rot of Wheat; 2.1.8 Stem Melanosis of Wheat; 2.1.9 Pink Seed of Wheat; 2.2 Rice; 2.2.1 Bacterial Leaf Blight of Rice; 2.2.2 Bacterial Leaf Streak of Rice; 2.2.3 Sheath Brown Rot of Rice; 2.3 Maize; 2.3.1 Goss's Bacterial Wilt and Blight of Maize; 2.3.2 Stewart's Disease of Maize; 2.3.3 Bacterial Leaf Blight and Stalk Rot of Maize; 2.3.4 Xanthomonas Leaf Spot of Maize; 2.3.5 Bacterial Stalk and Top Rot of Maize; 2.3.6 Holcus Spot of Maize.
  • 2.3.7 Burkholderia Leaf Spot of Maize2.4 Barley; 2.4.1 Basal Kernel Blight of Barley; 2.4.2 Bacterial Stripe Blight of Barley; 2.4.3 Basal Glume Rot of Barley; 2.5 Oats; 2.5.1 Halo Blight of Oats; 2.5.2 Bacterial Stripe Blight of Oats; 2.5.3 Bacterial Leaf Stripe of Oats; 2.6 Sorghum; 2.6.1 Bacterial Leaf Streak of Sorghum; 2.6.2 Bacterial Leaf Stripe of Sorghum; 2.7 Pearl Millet; 2.7.1 Bacterial Spot of Pearl millet; 2.7.2 Bacterial Leaf Streak of Pearl Millet; 2.7.3 Bacterial Leaf Stripe of Pearl Millet; 2.7.4 Pantoea Disease of Pearl Millet; 2.8 Minor Millet; 2.8.1 Rye.
  • 2.8.1.1 Bacterial Streak (Black Chaff) of Rye2.8.1.2 Bacterial Halo Blight of Rye; 2.8.2 Finger Millet; 2.8.2.1 Leaf Spot of Finger Millet; 2.8.2.2 Bacterial Blight of Finger Millet; References; Suggested Reading; Chapter 3: Bacterial Diseases of Pulse Crops; 3.1 Green Gram; 3.1.1 Bacterial Blight of Green Gram; 3.1.2 Bacterial Brown Spot of Green Gram; 3.1.3 Bacterial Wilt of Green Gram; 3.2 Black Gram; 3.2.1 Bacterial Leaf Blight of Black Gram; 3.3 Pigeon Pea; 3.3.1 Bacterial Leaf Spot and Stem Canker of Pigeon Pea; 3.4 Soybean; 3.4.1 Bacterial Blight of Soybean.