Plant pathology : techniques and protocols / edited by Robert Burns.

includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Bioassay for diagnosis of plant viruses / Isla A. Browning -- 2. Development of enzyme linked, tissue blot and dot blot immunoassays for plant virus detection / Hei-ti Hsu -- 3. immunisation strategies for antibody production / Eobert Burns -- 4. Preparation of immunogens and production of antibodies / Hei-ti Hsu,... [et al.] -- 5. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay detection of ralstonia solanacearum in potatoes / Dirk U. Bellstedt -- 6. Production of monoclonal antibodies to plant pathogens / Christopher R. Thornton -- 7. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection and identification of plant pathogenic bacteria / Blanka Kokoskova and Jaap D. Janse -- 8. Indirect immunofluorescence microscopy for the detection and identification of plant pathogenic bacteria (in particular for Ralstonia solanacearum) / Jaap D. Janse and Blanka Kokoskova -- 9. Detection of four major bacterial potato pathogens / Ellen M. Kerr, Greig Cahill and Karen Fraser -- 10. Erwinia amylovora / Antonet M. Svircev, ... [et al.] -- 11. Use of fluorescent in situ hybridization in plant fungal identification and genotyping / Mohamed Hijri -- 12. Use of molecular methods for the detection of fungal spores / Elaine Ward -- 13. Identification of phytophthora fragariae var. rubi by PCR / Alexandra Schlenzig -- 14. Detection of double-stranded RNA elements in the plant pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani / Nikki D. Charlton, Stellos M. Tavantzis, and Marc A. Cubeta --

15. Immunocapture-PCR for plant virus detection / Vincent Mulholland -- 16. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and real-time multiplex PCR for the simultaneous detection of plant viruses / V. Pallas, ... [et al.] -- 17. Fluorescent-based techniques for viral detection, quantification, and characterization / Mathieu Rolland, AgneÌs Delaunay, and Emmanuel Jacquot -- 18. Analysis of population structures of viral isolates using single-strand conformation polymorphism method / AgneÌs Delaunay, Mathieu Rolland, and Emmanuel Jacquot -- 19. Direct detection of plant viruses in potato tubers using real-time PCR Neil Boonham, ... [et al.] -- 20. Accelerated soil bait assay for the detection of potato mop top virus in agricultural soil / Triona Davey -- 21. Detection of phytoplasmas of temperate fruit trees / Margit Laimer -- 22. PCR detection of potato cyst nematode / Alex Reid -- 23. Potato cultivar genome analysis / Alex Reid, ... [et al.] -- 24. Barley variety identification using SSRs / Cathy Southworth.

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