Overview
- Is the first major book encompassing the latest findings on, and likely the first book ever dedicated to, soft rot Pectobacteriaceae
- Brings together for the first time the various aspects of this topic: from molecular plant–microbe interactions, population genomics, and diversity, to practical aspects including disease management, etiology, and economic impacts
- Gathers contributions by a large consortium of experts from around the world to provide an exhaustive source of information on these bacteria at the global level
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Jan van der Wolf is working as a Senior Scientist in the field of phytobacteriology at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. He started his career in 1986 and is currently leading several projects on the diagnostics, ecology and disease management of soft rot Pectobacteriaceae (SRP). For 11 years, he has been the Coordinator of an EU Euphresco project on SRP. He described molecular methods for detection, patented the use of an endophytic biocontrol strain (Serratia plymuthica), and conducted various studies on the dissemination of the pathogens and on plant colonisation. In recent projects, the role of the microbiome of potato tubers in the suppressiveness against SRP is investigated. Most of his work is conducted in close collaboration with stakeholder in the Dutch agriculture and horticulture and financially supported by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality via the so-called ‘Topsector’ programme.
Ian Toth is a Senior Scientist at the James Hutton Institute in Scotland and is the Director of Scotland’s Plant Health Centre. He has worked on different aspects of the soft rot Pectobacteriaceae (SRP) or over 35 years, from molecular interactions and genomics to in-field disease control. He and his colleagues published the first genome sequence (Pectobacterium atrosepticum strain SRCI1043) for this group of pathogens in 2004 and were the first to compare plant and animal enteric pathogens at the genome level. More recently, his work has shifted towards more practical solutions for disease control using the findings from his work on genomics. He began the International Erwinia Workshop in 2006, in which every 3–4 year brings international members of the SRP community of researchers together to exchange knowledge and ideas.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plant Diseases Caused by Dickeya and Pectobacterium Species
Editors: Frédérique Van Gijsegem, Jan M. van der Wolf, Ian K. Toth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61459-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61458-4Published: 05 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61461-4Published: 06 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-61459-1Published: 04 January 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 291
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Pathology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biodiversity, Community & Population Ecology