Mycoplasma Diseases of Trees and Shrubs

Mycoplasma Diseases of Trees and Shrubs contains the edited papers presented at the Third Working Party meeting organized by Professor Karl Maramorosch at Rutgers University, New Jersey, in August 1979. This book also includes additional chapters by the invited contributors in the meeting. Organized into 15 chapters, this book begins with the isolation, characterization and identification of spiroplasmas and mycoplasma-like organisms. It then describes the various diseases of trees and shrubs, specifically yellows disease, stubborn disease, Paulownia witches' broom disease, mulberry dwarf, blueberry stunt, and sandal spike disease. It also elaborates the control of tree diseases by chemotherapy. This treatise will provide a standard reference work for all interested in plant mycoplasma diseases in forest pathology, entomology, and disease control.

Contributors Foreword Preface Isolation, Characterization, and Identification of Spiroplasmas and MLOs Yellows Diseases of Trees Stubborn Disease of Citrus Paulownia Witches' Broom Disease Mulberry Dwarf: First Tree Mycoplasma Disease Lethal Yellowing Disease of Coconut and Other Palms Transmission of Lethal Yellowing Mycoplasma by Myndus crudus Association of Mycoplasma and Allied Pathogens with Tree Diseases in India Blueberry Stunt Sandal (Santalum album) Spike Disease The Enigma of the Flower Spiroplasmas Trees as Vectors of Spiroplasmas, Mycoplasma, and Rickettsia-like Organisms Strains and Strain Interaction of the Citrus Greening Pathogen in India Chemotherapy of Plant Mycoplasma Diseases Control of Tree Diseases by Chemotherapy Index