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Virus and Virus-like Diseases of Potatoes and Production of Seed-Potatoes

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Editors:
  1. Gad Loebenstein

    1. Department of Virology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

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  2. Philip H. Berger

    1. Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, USA

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  3. Alan A. Brunt

    1. Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne, Warwiks, UK

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  4. Roger H. Lawson

    1. National Program Staff, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, USA

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-N18
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  2. The Economic Importance of the Potato

    1. The Economic Importance of the Potato

      • Melvyn F. Askew
      Pages 1-18

  3. Biology and Physiology of the Potato

    1. Biology and Physiology of the Potato

      • Haim D. Rabinowitch, David Levy
      Pages 19-37

  4. Important Potato Cultivars

    1. Important Potato Cultivars

      • Dennis L. Corsini, Charles R. Brown
      Pages 39-52

  5. Historical Perspectives of Potato Virus Research

    1. Historical Perspectives of Potato Virus Research

      • R. H. Lawson, R. Stace-Smith
      Pages 53-63

  6. The Main Viruses Infecting Potato Crops

    1. Introduction

      • Alan A. Brunt
      Pages 65-67

    2. Potato leafroll virus (PLRV;Genus Polerovirus; Family Luteoviridae)

      • G. Loebenstein
      Pages 69-75

    3. Potyviruses

      • Alan A. Brunt
      Pages 77-86

    4. Potato X Virus (PVX; Genus Potexvirus)

      • G. Loebenstein
      Pages 87-94

    5. Potato Mop-Top Virus (PMTV; Genus Pomovirus)

      • G. Loebenstein
      Pages 95-100

    6. Potato Virus M (PVM; Genus Carlavirus)

      • Alan A. Brunt
      Pages 101-107

    7. Potato Vvirus S (PVS; Genus Carlavirus)

      • Alan A. Brunt
      Pages 109-112

    8. Potato Latent Virus (PLV; Genus Carlavirus)

      • Alan A. Brunt
      Pages 113-114

    9. Other Possible Carlaviruses

      • Alan A Brunt
      Pages 115-116

    10. Potato Aucuba Mosaic Virus (PAMV; Genus Potexvirus)

      • G. Loebenstein
      Pages 117-119

    11. Tobamo- and Tobamo-like Viruses

      • Alan A Brunt
      Pages 121-134

  7. Viroids

    1. Viroids

      • L. F. Salazar, I. Bartolini, A. Hurtado
      Pages 135-144

  8. Phytoplasma Diseases

    1. Phytoplasma Diseases

      • M. Klein
      Pages 145-158

  9. Transmission of Viruses

    1. Mechanically Transmissable Viruses of Potato

      • Gary D. Franc, Ernest E. Banttari
      Pages 159-175

    2. Potato Viruses with Soil-borne Vectors

      • D. P. Weingartner
      Pages 177-194
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About this book

Potatoes, a major vegetatively-propagated crop, has been closely linked with plant virus research during the last 8 decades because, without their effective control potato viruses can cause considerable losses of crop quality and yield. Such research has resulted in marked advances in diagnosis, from relatively simple biological and serological tests to electron microscopy, sophisticated serological procedures and, more recently, the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and nucleic acid hybridization methods. Associated tissue culture research during the past forty years or so has resulted in the successful production of virus-free plants from potato cultivars that were totally infected. Nevertheless, in many countries the high incidence of virus infection still causes considerable yield losses. Because of their importance, potato viruses have also long been important subjects for research; much is thus now known about their intrinsic biological and physico-chemical properties, genomes, gene functions, virus-vector relationships (including specific sites of interaction between viral coat protein and the vector) and their potential as vehicles for transformation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Virology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

    Gad Loebenstein

  • Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, USA

    Philip H. Berger

  • Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne, Warwiks, UK

    Alan A. Brunt

  • National Program Staff, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, USA

    Roger H. Lawson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Virus and Virus-like Diseases of Potatoes and Production of Seed-Potatoes

  • Editors: Gad Loebenstein, Philip H. Berger, Alan A. Brunt, Roger H. Lawson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0842-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3736-5Published: 20 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-0842-6Published: 01 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 460

  • Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Plant Pathology, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Consumer Packaged Goods, Pharma

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