Basic Plant Virology

Basic Plant Virology By Dr. Palash Deb Nath, Dr. Munmi Borah, Dr. Aurag Kashyap, Dr. Parinda Barua, CONTENTS : 1. Overview of Viruses: The Acellular Microbe and their Economic Significance 2. History of Plant Virology 3. General and Morphological Characters, Composition and Structure of Viruses 4. Important Viral Diseases of Vegetable and Floricultural Crops in India 5. Important Virus and Virus Like Diseases of Fruit Crops in India 6. Important Viral Diseases of Cereal Crops in India 7. Baculoviruses 8. Satellite viruses and Satellite RNAs 9. Bacteriophage 10. Viroids 11. Prion 12. Mycoviruses 13. Arboviruses 14. Phytoplasmas 15. Origin and Evolution of Viruses 16. Virus Nomenclature and Classification 17. Virus Genome Organization 18. Plant Virus Replication and Movement in the Host Tissues 19. Response of the Host to Virus Infection: Physiological, Biological and Symotomatological 20. Transmission of Plant Viruses and Virus Vector Relationship 21. Isolation and Purification of Plant Viruses 22. Nucleic Acid Based Diagnosis of Plant Viruses 23. Protein Based Diagnosis of Plant Viruses 24. Mechanism of Resistance and R-genes 25. Genetic Engineering in Viral Disease Management of Crop Plants 26. Electron Microscopy and Ultra Microtomy 27. Plant Virus Ecology: Spread of Plant Viruses in Field, Host Range and Dispersal 28. General Management Strategies Against Plant Viruses