Fire blight: the disease and its causative agent, Erwinia amylovora

• Published in: Fire blight: the disease and its causative agent
• Main Author: Vanneste, Joël L.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, UK CABI Publishing 2000; CABI Pub; CABI
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: aminoglycoside antibiotics; angiosperms; antibiotics; apples; Bacteria; bacterial diseases; bacterial infections; bacterioses; bacterium; chemical control; Control; crops; disease resistance; economics; Enterobacteriaceae; Enterobacteriales; epidemiology; Erwinia; Erwinia amylovora; Erwinia amylovora > Control; eudicots; eukaryotes; Fire-blight; fireblight; fruit crops; fungicide resistance; fungicide tolerance; Gammaproteobacteria; genetically engineered organisms; genetically engineered plants; genetically modified organisms; genetically modified plants; geographical distribution; GEOs; GMOs; host range; Malus; nurseries; orchards; pathogens; pear; pears; phytopathogenic bacteria; phytopathogens; plant disease control; plant diseases; plant nurseries; plant pathogenic bacteria; plant pathogens; plants; pome fruits; prokaryotes; Proteobacteria; Pyrus; resistance to disease; risk assessment; Rosaceae; Rosales; Spermatophyta; temperate fruits; temperate tree fruits; toxins; transgenic organisms; transgenic plants

Fire blight is a major disease of apples, pears and certain woody ornamental plants. It is caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora. This organism was one of the first plant pathogenic bacteria to be extensively investigated, and has become a model for study by bacteriologists in the development of...

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Fire Blight The Disease and its Causative Agent, Erwinia amylovora -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- What is Fire Blight? Who is Erwinia amylovora? How to Control It? -- I The Disease -- Epidemiology of Fire Blight -- Distribution and EconomicImportance of Fire Blight* -- Genetic Diversity and Host Range of Erwinia amylovora -- Migration of Erwinia amylovora in Host Plant Tissues -- II The Pathogen -- Erwinia amylovora: General Characteristics, Biochemistry and Serology -- Exopolysaccharides of Erwinia amylovora: Structure, Biosynthesis, Regulation, Role in Pathogenicity of Amylovoran and Levan -- hrp Genes and Harpins of Erwinia amylovora: a Decade of Discovery -- Disease-specific Genes of Erwinia amylovora: Keys to Understanding Pathogenesis and Potential Targets for Disease Contro -- Iron and Fire Blight: Role in Pathogenicity of Desferrioxamine E, the Main Siderophore of Erwinia amylovora -- III Control of Fire Blight -- Chemical Control of Fire Blight -- The Development of Streptomycin-resistant Strains of Erwinia amylovora -- Index