Food and agriculture is an important component in the development and survival of civilizations. Around half of the world s population and their economies are influenced by agricultural farm production. Plant diseases take as much as a 30 percent toll of the crop harvest if not managed properly and efficiently. Bacterial diseases of crop plants are important in plant disease scenarios worldwide and are observed on all kinds of cultivated and commercial value plants including cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, cash crops, plantation crops, spices, ornamentals and flowering...

Bacterial diseases of plants occur worldwide and cause substantial economic losses in crops. Very few scientists and other workers are trained to study or control bacterial diseases of plants. This book includes the techniques required to identify and isolate pathogenic bacteria of plants and covers other important topics of bacterial diseases. It contains 41 chapters that cover histology, isolation, culture, genetics, assessments of disease intensities, metabolism, and many other factors that will help scientists in their investigations of bacterial diseases of plants. Many of the...