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1. Plant Virus Epidemiology: Challenges for the 21st Century
A special 262-page double issue of the Elsevier journal Virus Research
contains papers based on material presented at the ISPP Plant Virus
Epidemiology Symposium held in Almeria, Spain, April 1999. There are 6
substantial reviews and 13 other papers on a wide range of topics from
Australia (1), France (2), Israel (1), Italy (1), Netherlands (1), Spain
(4), Uganda (1), UK (2) and USA (6).
The volume has already been distributed to regular subscribers. Additional
copies can be purchased for US Dollars $38.00 through the following member
of the ISPP Plant Virus Epidemiology Committee (All prices include air mail
postage from UK):
Dr R A C Jones
Agriculture Western Australia
Locked Bag No. 4
Bentley Delivery Centre
Western Australia
WA6983

Payment to R A C Jones: Australian Dollars $76

2. Plant Virus Epidemiology : VIII Symposium 2002
The next symposium "First steps into the new millennium" will be held at
Aschersleben, Germany, 12-17 May 2002, and is being organized by German

Plant Pathogens and Plant Diseases

Edited by J.F. Brown and H.J. Ogle

A completely rewritten update of the 1980 textbook Plant Protection (edited by J.F. Brown) with an Australasian emphasis, including specific examples from Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, the Pacific Islands and elsewhere. The book is designed to give students and researchers a background in the principles of plant pathology and of managing plant diseases. The agents of disease and their methods of infection, survival and dispersal are described as well as the responses of plants to infection. Descriptions of the factors affecting the development of disease epidemics and methods for forecasting disease outbreaks and assessing the effects of disease on yield lead into a discussion of the strategies used to manage plant diseases. The final section contains descriptions of diseases caused by the various groups of pathogens. The text draws on the expertise of teachers and researchers from throughout Australia. A valuable text for students of plant pathology and a reference book for plant protectionists, agricultural consultants, farmers and others interested in plant diseases and their management. The text is endorsed by the Australasian Plant Pathology Society Inc.

	ISBN- 1 86389 439 X Rockvale Publications
	Published—October, 1997
	556 pp.; over 140 illustrations and photographs
	250 x 176 mm softcover format
	Price AUST. $49.00 plus Postage and Handling

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Plant Pathogens and Plant Diseases

Contents
Part I The agents that cause disease Plant pathology: an overview Plant-microbe symbioses Fungi as plant parastites: introduction Fungi with aseptate hyphae and no dikaryophase Fungi with septate hyphae and a dikaryophase Bacteria and phytoplasmas as plant parasites Viruses and viroids as agents of plant disease Nematodes as plant parasites Other biotic causes of diseases Abiotic diseases of plants Serological and molecular techniques to detect and identify plant pathogens Part II Survival and dispersal of plant parasites Survival and dispersal of plant parasites: general concepts Airborne inoculum Soil-borne inoculum Vector-borne inoculum Part III Infection processes, epidemiology and crop-loss assessment Infection processes Plant defenses against pathogens Factors affecting disease development Prediction of disease outbreaks Assessment of disease and effects on yield Biocontrol of weeds using plant pathogens	Part IV Disease management Disease management: general concepts Disease management: exclusion, eradication and elimination Disease management: chemicals Disease management: cultural practices Disease management: resistant cultivars Disease management: biological control Part V Examples of specific plant disease and their control Fungal diseases and their control Bacterial and phytoplasma diseases and their control Virus and viroid diseases and their control Nematode diseases and their control Diseases in natural plant communities Postharvest diseases of fruit and vegetables
Contributors
Dr Stephen J. Allen Australian Cotton Research Institute Dr John F. Brown University of New England Dr Lindy M. Coates Queensland Department of Primary Industries Dr Michele L. Dale University of Queensland Dr Karen S. Gibb Northern Territory University Dr Ken C. Goulter University of Queensland Dr David I. Guest University of Melbourne Dr Greg I. Johnson Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Dr Philip J. Keane La Trobe University	Professor Allen Kerr University of Adelaide Dr David B. Nehl Australian Cotton Research Institute Dr Helen J. Ogle University of Queensland Dr John W. Randles University of Adelaide Dr Julie M. Stanton Queensland Department of Primary Industries Dr Graham R. Stirling Biological Crop Protection Pty Ltd Dr A. Marcelle Stirling Biological Crop Protection Pty Ltd Dr David S. Teakle University of Queensland