Publisher's Synopsis
Xanthomonas is a bacterial plant pathogen which infects a wide range of crops worldwide. This book presents an overview of the host plants and the diseases caused by the pathogen on different crops.;The first section deals with the organism - its physiology, classification, identification and detection. The principal areas of infection in the host plant, the ecology and epidemiology, the genetic basis of plant-microorganism interaction and the different control measures employed are covered in depth. One chapter is devoted to the industrial production of the polysaccharide xanthan and its industrial applications.;This book should be of interest to postgraduates and researchers in plant molecular biology, plant biology and microbiology. This book may also appeal to plant breeders and crop researchers.
