Comparative Plant Virology

Comparative Plant Virology provides a complete overview of our current knowledge of plant viruses, including background information on plant viruses and up-to-date aspects of virus biology and control. It deals mainly with concepts rather than detail. The focus will be on plant viruses but due to the changing environment of how virology is taught, comparisons will be drawn with viruses of other kingdomes, animals, fungi and bacteria. It has been written for students of plant virology, plant pathology, virology and microbiology who have no previous knowledge of plant viruses or of virology in general.

Boxes highlight important information such as virus definition and taxonomyIncludes profiles of 32 plant viruses that feature extensively in the textFull color throughout

Introduction, symptoms and classification; Overview of plant viruses: profiles of important and model viruses; Plant virus origins and evolution; Structure and composition; Genome organization; Virus-dependent agents, viroids and phytoplasma; Expression of viral genomes; Replication of viral genomes; Virus-host interactions: plant level; Virus-plant interactions: molecular level; Plant to plant movement; Epidemiology and ecology; Virus diagnosis; Conventional control; Transgenic control and uses