Identification schemes; Gram-negative bacteria; Gram-positive bacteria; Cell wall-free prokaryotes.

Initial identification of common genera; Gram-negative bacteria; Agrobacterium; Erwinia and pantoea; Erwinia amylovora group; Erwinia soft rot group; Pantoea; Pseudomonas; Acidovorax and xylophilus; Buirkholderia; Ralstonia; Xanthomonas; Xylella fastidiosa; Rhizomonas suberifaciens; Gram-positive bacteria; Streptomyces; Bacillus; Clostridium; Fastidious phloem-limited bacteria; Cell-wall free bacteria; Molecular techniques; DNA isolation procedure; Serological techniques; Automated techniques.

This substantially updated edition now in full colour provides key techniques used when working with fungal and fungal-like plant pathogens. As a practical manual it also deals with disease recognition, detection and identification of fungi, plus methods to characterise and curate fungi and handle them under quarantine and quality assurance systems. Fungal Plant Pathogens: Applied Techniques, 2nd edition provides a valuable guide to investigating fungal plant diseases and interpreting laboratory findings for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students, extension plant pathologists, consultants and advisers in agriculture, forestry and horticulture, and the food supply chain.

This comprehensive manual of phytobacteriology is heavily illustrated with over 200 colour photographs and line illustrations. It begins by outlining the history and science of bacteriology and gives an overview of the diversity and versatility of complex bacteria. It then explains the characterization, identification and naming of complex bacteria, and explores how bacteria can cause disease and how plants react to such disease. The book also discusses the economic importance of bacterial diseases as well as strategies for their control and the reduction of crop losses. It concludes with fifty examples of plant pathogenic bacteria and the diseases that they cause.