Plant Diseases Of Viral, Viroid, Mycoplasma And Uncertain Etiology

Preface, The Contributors, 1. A General Method for Detecting Plant Viruses, 2. Fatal Yellowing of Oil Palms: Search for Viroids and Double-stranded RNA, 3. Plant Viroids in Poland, 4. Tropical Mollicute Diseases of Plants, 5. Lethal Yellowing of Palms, 6. Strategies Used in Etiological Research on Coconut and Oil Palm Diseases of Unknown Origin, 7. A Quarter Century Experience on Coconut Diseases of Unknown Etiology, 8. Plant Diseases Associated with Mites as Vectors of Known Viruses and Unknown Etiological Agents, 9. 'Vectorless' Pathogens with Undiscovered Vectors, 10. Non-infectious Diseases of Uncertain Etiology, 11. Breeding Coconuts Resistant to MLO, Viroid and Virus Diseases, The Plates, Index

The adverse impact of plant diseases is felt around the world. In this book, the contributors analyze the nature and origins of pathogens that affect some economically important food and fiber crops.