Bacterial Wilt Disease and the Ralstonia Solanacearum Species Complex

About this book

The bacterial wilt diseases caused by members of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex have never been more important. The research presented in Bacterial Wilt Disease and the Ralstonia Solanacearum Species Complex reveals a pathogen on the move, with a growing global profile. While these diseases inflict ongoing and increasing crop losses on subsistence farmers, the pathogen now has significant political and economic impact in the developed world.

This book, based on the 3rd International Bacterial Wilt Symposium, covers topics ranging from the basic biology of the host-pathogen interaction to applied research, designed to immediately address disease losses in the field. Contributors to the book span a broad range of applied and basic biologists. They work in all parts of the world, offering current data on sustainable low-tech disease control practices and on R. solanacearum as a model system for understanding molecular plant-microbe interactions.

Bacterial Wilt Disease and the Ralstonia Solanacearum Species Complex opens with two key reviews. One presents a thoughtful analysis of international collaborations on bacterial wilt research in the context of a review of literature published on the topic. The second is a global assessment of the current impact of bacterial wilt. Although there are still significant gaps in the data available, for the first time a general idea of the real impact and extent of these diseases around the world is presented.

Topics covered in this resource include: epidemiology, disease management, breeding and deployment, host plant response and disease management, pathogen genetics, R. solanacearum in banana and plantains, and diversity and detection. Experts provide overviews focusing on the pressing research needs in each area. These overview chapters are intended to give the reader the best current understanding of the topic and to suggest promising directions for future research.

Contents

Introductory Overviews
- Research on Bacterial Wilt: A Perspective on International Linkages and Access to the Literature
- The Current Bacterial Wilt Situation: A Global Overview

Epidemiology of Ralstonia solanacearum
- Introduction and Prospectus on the Survival of Introduction and Prospectus on the Survival of R. solanacearum
- Fate of Ralstonia solanacearum Biovar 2 as Affected by Conditions and Soil Treatments in Temperate Climate Zones
- Mechanization Has Contributed to the Spread of Bacterial Wilt on Flue-cured Tobacco in the Southeastern USA
- Processes in the Development of a Biocontrol Agent Against Bacterial Wilt Colonization Capacity of Ralstonia solanacearum Tomato Strains Differing in Aggressiveness on Tomatoes and Weeds
- Introduction to Europe of Ralstonia solanacearum Biovar 2, Race 3 in Pelargonium zonale Cuttings from Kenya
- Seeds from Infected Tomato Plants Appear to be Free from Contamination by Ralstonia solanacearum when Tested by PCR or Microbiological Assays
- The Viable but Non-culturable State in Ralstonia solanacearum: Is there a Realistic Threat to our Strategic Concepts?

Bacterial Wilt Disease Management
- Management of Bacterial Wilt Disease
- Management of Bacterial Wilt in Tomato with Essential Oils and Systemic Acquired Resistance Inducers
- Monitoring of Bacterial Wilt in Potato Propagation Material: A Success Story
- Integrated Control of Potato Bacterial Wilt in Eastern Africa: The Experience of African Highlands Initiative
- Using Brassica spp. as Biofumigants to Reduce the Population of Ralstonia solanacearum
- Seed-plot technique: Empowerment of Farmers in Production of Bacterial Wilt-free Seed Potato in Kenya and Uganda
- Primary Bacterial Wilt Study on Tomato in Vegetable Areas of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Rhizome Solarization and Microwave Treatment: Ecofriendly Methods for Disinfecting Ginger Seed Rhizomes
- Management of Bacterial Wilt of Potato Using One-Season Rotation Crops in South-Western Uganda
- Potato Bacterial Wilt Management: New Prospects for an Old Problem

Breeding and Deployment of Wilt-Resistant Crops
- A Broad Review and Perspective on Breeding for Resistance to Bacterial Wilt
- Progress on Genetic Enhancement for Resistance to Groundnut Bacterial Wilt in China
- Search for Resistance to Bacterial Wilt in a Brazilian Capsicum Germplasm Collection
- Solanum phureja and S. stenotomum Are Sources of Resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum for Somatic Hybrids of Potato
- Assessment of Resistance to Bacterial Wilt in CIP Advanced Potato Clones
- Screening Long Pepper (Piper spp.) Resistance to Bacterial Wilt Caused by Ralstonia solanacearum

Host Plant Response and Disease Development
- Host Resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum
- Microscopic Studies of Root Infection in Resistant Tomato cv. Hawaii 7996
- Development of Bacterial Wilt Resistant Varieties and Basis of Resistance in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
- QTL Mapping for Bacterial Wilt Resistance in Hawaii 7996 Using AFLP, RGA, and SSR Markers
- Genetic Basis of Resistance to Bacterial Wilt in Arabidopsis thaliana
- Roles of the Hrp-Secreted PopA Protein in Ralstonia solanacearum Interactions with Plants

Pathogen Genetics
- A short history of the Biochemical and Genetic Research on Ralstonia solanacearum Pathogenesis
- The Ralstonia solanacearum Complete Genome Sequence: Outputs and Prospects Genes Involved in Early Bacterial Wilt Pathogenesis
- Phase Reversion from Phenotype Conversion Mutants to Wild Type May be Induced in Ralstonia solanacearum by a Susceptible Host Plant
- Insertions in the Avirulence Gene AvrA Alter the Virulence of Ralstonia solanacearum on Nicotiana tabacum
- Ralstonia solanacearum requires Type-4 Pili for Twitching Motility, Adherence, Natural Transformation and Virulence
- Understanding The Molecular Basis Of Bacterial Wilt Disease: A View From The Inside Out

R. solanacearum in Banana and Plantains
- Bacterial Wilt Diseases of Banana: Evolution and Ecology
- Comparative Genome Plasticity of Tomato and Banana Strains of Ralstonia solanacearum in the Philippines
- Present Status of Blood Disease In Indonesia
- Diversity and Molecular Detection of Ralstonia solanacearum Race 2 Strains by Multiplex PCR
- Bacterial Wilt Disease Complex of Banana in Indonesia
- Bacterial Wilt of Heliconia in Pernambuco, Brazil - First Report and Detection by PCR in Soil and Rhizomes
- Use of GPS and GIS Technologies to Map the Prevalence of Moko Disease of Banana in the Amazonas Region of Brazil

Diversity and Detection of R. solanacearum
- Diversity and Diagnosis of Ralstonia solanacearum
- How Complex is the "Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex"?
- Occurrence and Epidemic Adaptation of New Strains of Ralstonia solanacearum Associated with Zingiberaceae Plants Under Agro-Ecosystem in Japan
- Characterization and detection of Ralstonia solanacearum Strains Causing Bacterial Wilt of Ginger in Hawaii
- Flow Cytometry to Detect Ralstonia solanacearum and to Assess Viability
- Methods to Ensure the Detection by PCR of Ralstonia solanacearum in the Environment Using DNA Capture and a Commercial DNA Extraction Mini Kit
- Variability of the Potato Bacterial Wilt Pathogen, Ralstonia solanacearum (E. F. Smith) Yabuuchi et al., in the Philippines
- Improved Detection of Ralstonia solanacearum in Culturable and VBNC State from Water Samples at Low Temperatures

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