Detection and Diagnostics of Plant Pathogens - Gullino, Maria Lodovica; Bonants, Peter J. M.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Technologies -- 1. New developments in identification and quantification of airborne inoculum -- 2. siRNA deep sequencing and assembly: piecing together viral infections -- 3. Use of airborne inoculum detection for disease management decisions -- 4. Proximal sensing of plant diseases -- Case studies and special applications -- 5. Diagnostic Challenges for the Detection of Emerging Pathogens: A Case Study Involving the Incursion of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in New Zealand -- 6. Detection of Human Pathogens on Plants -- 7. Plant Disease Diagnostics For Forensic Applications -- Role of diagnostics in plant disease management -- 8. Results of the EU project QBOL, focusing on DNA barcoding of quarantine organisms, added to an international database (Q-bank) on identification of plant quarantine pathogens and relatives -- 9. On-site testing - moving decision making from the lab to the field -- 10. Virtual Diagnostic Networks: A platform for collaborative diagnostics -- 11. Development and implementation of rapid and specific detection techniques for seed-borne pathogens of leafy vegetable crops -- 12. Diagnosis of plant pathogens and implications for plant health regulation: the European Food Safety Authority perspective.
Keywords: Plant pathology; Agriculture; Plant science; Botany; Plant Pathology; Agriculture; Plant Sciences