目錄
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Agricultural loss
1.2 National security
1.3 History
1.4 Research on plant pathogens in China
Chapter 2 Plant Diseases
2.1 Definitions, features and categories
2.2 Components of a disease epidemic
2.3 Disease symptoms and signs
2.4 Disease cycle, transmission and epidemic
2.5 Control of plant diseases
2.6 Nano-based approach for plant disease management
Chapter 3 Classification
3.1 Overview of plant pathogenic fungi
3.2 Plant pathogenic Oomycetes, Plasmodiophoromycetes and Myxomycetes
3.3 Plant pathogenic true fungi
3.4 Plant pathogenic prokaryotes
3.5 Plant viruses
3.6 Plant-parasitic nematodes
3.7 Parasitic plants
Chapter 4 Detection and Diagnostics
4.1 Information related to diagnostics
4.2 Symptom observation and morphological identification
4.3 Selective media
4.4 Biological, physical and biochemical methods
4.5 Molecular diagnosis
4.6 New techniques
4.7 Comparison of different methods
4.8 Current advances and future perspectives
Chapter 5 Virulence
5.1 Interaction phenomenon
5.2 Infection process of plant pathogens
5.3 Parasitic types and mechanisms
5.4 Host range and transmission ways
5.5 Plant pathogenic fungi
5.6 Plant pathogenic prokaryotes
5.7 Plant-parasitic nematodes
5.8 Plant viruses
Chapter 6 Interaction of Plant Pathogens with Host Plants
6.1 Parasitism and pathogenicity
6.2 Categories and mechanisms of disease resistance in plants
6.3 Relationship between plants and pathogens
6.4 Interaction between fungi and plants
6.5 Interaction between bacteria and plants
6.6 Interaction between nematodes and plants
6.7 Interaction between viruses and plants
Chapter 7 Complex Infection
7.1 Pathogens from the same kingdom
7.2 Pathogens from two different kingdoms
7.3 Pathogens from three different kingdoms
7.4 Pathogens from four different kingdoms
Chapter 8 Plant Quarantine
8.1 Characterization of plant quarantine
8.2 China plant quarantine
8.3 Basic concepts
8.4 A painful lesson
8.5 Pest risk analysis
8.6 Quarantine pests
8.7 Phytosanitary regulations
8.8 Difficulties and problems
Chapter 9 Risk of Plant Pathogens to Humans and Animals
9.1 Challenges of various roles
9.2 Risk of fungi and their toxins
9.3 Risk of bacteria and their toxins
9.4 Various roles within one species or genus
9.5 Role of plants in animal and human infections
9.6 Cross-kingdom pathogenicity of plant and human pathogens
9.7 Complexity, diversity and difficulty
9.8 Concluding remarks and future direction
Acknowledgments
References
Appendix: Color Images