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Introduction to fungal plant pathogens / Charles Lane and Paul Kirk -- Examination of plant material / Charles Lane -- Detection of fungal plant pathogens from plants, soil, water and air / Paul Beales -- Detection of fungal plant pathogens in seeds / Kelvin Hughes -- Identification of fungi based on morphological features / Paul Beales -- Cultural characterisation of fungal plant pathogens / Charles Lane -- Serological techniques for diagnosis / Christopher Thornton -- Molecular techniques for diagnosis / Jenny Tomlinson -- Fingerprinting techniques / David Cooke -- Maintenance and storage of fungal plant pathogens / Matthew Ryan, Barbara J. Ritchie, David Smith -- Quarantine procedures for working with fungal plant pathogens / Belinda Phillipson -- Quality assurance procedures / David Galsworthy.
"Covering the key techniques used when working with fungal plant pathogens, this practical manual deals with recognition of disease symptoms, detection and identification of fungi and methods to characterise them well as curation, quarantine and quality assurance. The book is unique in its practical focus, providing an overview of both traditional and emerging methods and their applications, and detailed protocols on completion techniques such as microscopy, PCR, ELISA, freeze drying and DNA storage. Fungal Plant Pathogens provides a valuable guide to investigating fungal plant diseases and interpreting laboratory findings".--Publisher.
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