Detection and Diagnostics of Plant Pathogens (Plant Pathology in the 21st Century Book 5)

This book is part of the Plant Pathology in the 21 st Century Series, started in the occasion of the IX International Congress of Plant Pathology, Torino, 2008. In conjuction with the Xth International Congress of Plant Pathology, held in Beijing in August 2013. Although deriving from a Congress, the book will not have the format of traditional Proceedings, but will be organized as a resource book. It will be based on invited lectures presented at the Congress as well as by other chapters selected by the editors among offered papers. This book will cover a topic very important in the field of plant pathology, dealing with detection and diagnostics. This field of research is continuously moving forwards, due to innovation in techniques. The application of new detection and diagnostic technologies are relevant to many applied fields in agriculture. The different chapters will provide a very complete figure of the topic, from general and basic aspects to practical aspects. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 New Developments in Identification and Quantification of Airborne Inoculum....Pages 3-19 siRNA Deep Sequencing and Assembly: Piecing Together Viral Infections....Pages 21-38 Use of Airborne Inoculum Detection for Disease Management Decisions....Pages 39-54 Proximal Sensing of Plant Diseases....Pages 55-68 Front Matter....Pages 69-69 Diagnostic Challenges for the Detection of Emerging Pathogens: A Case Study Involving the Incursion of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in New Zealand....Pages 71-86 Detection of Human Pathogens on Plants....Pages 87-102 Plant Disease Diagnostics for Forensic Applications....Pages 103-115 Front Matter....Pages 117-117 Results of the EU Project QBOL, Focusing on DNA Barcoding of Quarantine Organisms, Added to an International Database (Q-Bank) on Identification of Plant Quarantine Pathogens and Relatives....Pages 119-133 On-Site Testing: Moving Decision Making from the Lab to the Field....Pages 135-146 Virtual Diagnostic Networks: A Platform for Collaborative Diagnostics....Pages 147-156 Development and Implementation of Rapid and Specific Detection Techniques for Seed-Borne Pathogens of Leafy Vegetable Crops....Pages 157-165 Diagnosis of Plant Pathogens and Implications for Plant Quarantine: A Risk Assessment Perspective....Pages 167-193 Back Matter....Pages 195-200 This volume contains the lectures given at the 10th International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP 2013) held in Beijing, August 25-30, 2013 on detection and diagnosis of plant pathogens, which represent two fundamental steps in disease management decisions. A quick and reliable detection method in combination with decision support systems is fundamental in order to reduce the damages caused by old and new pathogens, thus permitting to reduce the number of treatments and to contain the potential losses. Molecular methods are available for a number of pathogens and the volume provide good examples of application in different production sectors. Innovative techniques and methods are described to detect and identify different targets: destructive and non-destructive, air- or soil-borne, human- and plant pathogens, in plants or seed-born, native or emerging pathogens, on-site or lab-based. All to support international organizations to secure global trade and agriculture all over the world. This book is aimed at researchers, students in advanced courses and extension services.