Plant Virology

by Roger Hull

Overview

It has been ten years since the publication of the third edition of this seminal text on plant virology, during which there has been an explosion of conceptual and factual advances. The fourth edition updates and revises many details of the previous editon, while retaining the important older results that constitute the field's conceptual foundation.

Key features of the fourth edition include:
* Thumbnail sketches of each genera and family groups
* Genome maps of all genera for which they are known
* Genetic engineered resistance strategies for virus disease control
* Latest understanding of virus interactions with plants, including gene silencing
* Interactions between viruses and insect, fungal, and nematode vectors
* New plate section containing over 50 full-color illustrations

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080535999
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	10/03/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1056
File size:	42 MB
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About the Author

Roger Hull graduated in botany from Cambridge University and undertook his graduate studies in plant virus diagnostics and epidemiology at London University. He lectured on agricultural botany there and at Makerere University in Uganda. In 1965 he moved to fundamental studies of plant viruses, first at Cambridge in the United Kingdom and then at the John Innes Institute (now Centre) in Norwich. He spent a sabbatical year (1974) at University of California, Davis, where he learnt the fundamentals of the newly developing molecular biology technology. He applied to this to plant virus characterisation, diagnostics and virus control, especially in tropical crops such as rice and plantain bananas. He retired in 1997 but continued research, lecturing and book writing. Dr Hull was an honorary professor at University of East Anglia in the UK and Peking and Fudan Universities in China, a Doctoris Honoris Causa at the University of Perpignan in France, and a Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed papers on plant virology and more than 40 reviews in scientific journals, and has authored five books. In retirement Roger Hull also became involved in promoting the uptake of transgenic technology by developing countries as one approach to alleviating food insecurity. He was on the International faculty of the e-learning diploma course training decision makers, mainly in developing countries, in plant biotechnology regulation.

Table of Contents

Section I IntroductionChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Nomenclature and Classification of plant virusesChapter 3: Structure and assemblyChapter 4: Symptoms and host rangeChapter 5: Agents resembling or altering virus diseases Section II Virus-Plant-Vector; Molecular mechanisms and interactionsChapter 6: Genome composition, organization and gene expression Chapter 7 Replication of plant virusesChapter 8 Origins and Evolution of Plant VirusesChapter 9 Virus-plant interactions: RNA silencingChapter 10: Movement of viruses within plantsChapter 11 Virus-plant interactions in non-permissive and permissive hosts Chapter 12 Plant to plant movementSection III Applied aspectsChapter 13 Assay, detection, and diagnosis and diagnosis of plant virusesChapter 14 Ecology, epidemiology and control of plant virusesChapter 15 Plant viruses and technologySection IV Plant virus viromicsChapter 16 Plant virus viromics: involvement of genomes of three organisms – virus, host, vectorAppendix A Profiles of Families and Genera of Plant VirusesAppendix B Plant Virus biological propertiesAppendix C Plant virus genomesAppendix D Plant virus acronyms

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Fully revised and updated, the fifth edition of this classic reference provides an essential overview of and cutting-edge research in plant virology.

Editorial Reviews

"...a refreshing addition to the agricultural and plant sciences literature...A summary of information on taxonomy, biological properties, and genome organization of plant viruses in an appendix is especially valuable... Summing Up: Highly recommended." —CHOICE Reviews Online,Nov 01 2014

"...this book is still unique, being the most comprehensive survey of classic and modern plant virology." —JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (August 2005)

"The book is strong in its coverage of recent developments. This is a book for the advanced student and researcher." —Ron Fraser for MICROBIOLOGY TODAY (2002)

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