Contents -- Contributors -- SECTION A: UNRAVELING MICROBE-PLANT INTERACTIONS FOR APPLICATIONS TO DISEASE MANAGEMENT -- 1 Signal Transduction Pathways and Disease Resistant Genes and Their Applications to Fungal Disease Control -- 2 Modulating Quorum Sensing and Type III Secretion Systems in Bacterial Plant Pathogens for Disease Management -- 3 Application of Biotechnology to Understand Pathogenesis in Nematode Plant Pathogens -- 4 Interactions Between Plant and Virus Proteomes in Susceptible Hosts: Identification of New Targets for Antiviral Strategies -- 5 Mechanisms of Plant Virus Evolution and Identification of Genetic Bottlenecks: Impact on Disease Management -- 6 Molecular Understanding of Viroid Replication Cycles and Identification of Targets for Disease Management -- SECTION B: MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS OF PLANT PATHOGENS FOR DISEASE MANAGEMENT -- 7 Molecular Diagnostics of Soilborne Fungal Pathogens -- 8 Molecular Detection Strategies for Phytopathogenic Bacteria -- 9 Molecular Diagnostics of Plant-parasitic Nematodes -- 10 Molecular Diagnostic Methods for Plant Viruses -- 11 Molecular Identification and Diversity of Phytoplasmas -- 12 Molecular Detection of Plant Viroids -- SECTION C: ENHANCING RESISTANCE OF PLANTS TO PATHOGENS FOR DISEASE MANAGEMENT -- 13 Application of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides for Management of Plant Diseases -- 14 Molecular Breeding Approaches for Enhanced Resistance Against Fungal Pathogens -- 15 Protein-mediated Resistance to Plant Viruses -- 16 Transgenic Virus Resistance Using Homology-dependent RNA Silencing and the Impact of Mixed Virus Infections -- 17 Molecular Characterization of Endogenous Plant Virus Resistance Genes -- 18 Potential for Recombination and Creation of New Viruses in Transgenic Plants Expressing Viral Genes: Real or Perceived Risk?.

19 Virus-resistant Transgenic Papaya: Commercial Development and Regulatory and Environmental Issues -- SECTION D: UNDERSTANDING MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS TO ENHANCE DISEASE MANAGEMENT -- 20 Potential Disease Control Strategies Revealed by Genome Sequencing and Functional Genetics of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria -- 21 Molecular Assessment of Soil Microbial Communities with Potential for Plant Disease Suppression -- 22 Enhancing Biological Control Efficacy of Yeasts to Control Fungal Diseases Through Biotechnology -- 23 Molecular Insights into Plant Virus-Vector Interactions -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- Y -- Colour plates for Figs 3.1 and 3.2 -- Colour plates for Fig. 22.3.