Plant Pathology

Plant Pathology Is An Applied Science That Deals With The Nature, Causes And Control Of Plant Diseases In Agriculture And Forestry. The Vital Role Of Plant Pathology In Attaining Food Security And Food Safety For The World Cannot Be Overemphasized. preface_Plant Pathology......Page 1 01 Taxonomic Review of and Development of a Lucid Key for Philippine Cercosporoids and Related Fungi......Page 13 02 General Description of Rhizoctonia Species Complex......Page 53 03 Phytobacterial Type VI Secretion System – Gene Distribution, Phylogeny, Structure and Biological Functions......Page 65 04 Novel Elicitors Induce Defense Responses in Cut Flowers......Page 97 05 Functional Identification of Genes Encoding Effector Proteins in Magnaporthe oryzae......Page 129 06 The Role of the Extracellular Matrix (ECM) in Phytopathogenic Fungi: A Potential Target for Disease Control......Page 143 07 Molecular Tools for Detection of Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Fungicide Resistance......Page 163 08 Novel Methods for the Quantification of Pathogenic Fungi in Crop Plants: Quantitative PCR and ELISA Accurately Determine Fusarium Biomass......Page 215 09 Gray Mold of Castor: A Review......Page 231 10 Effect of Nutrition and Soil Function on Pathogens of Tropical Tree Crops......Page 253 11 Current Advances in the Fusarium Wilt Disease Management in Banana with Emphasis on Biological Control......Page 285 12 Epidemiology and Control of Plant Diseases Caused by Phytopathogenic Bacteria: The Case of Olive Knot Disease Caused by Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi......Page 311 13 Horizontal or Generalized Resistance to Pathogens in Plants......Page 339