Plant Viruses Diversity, Interaction and Management

Plant viruses are significant as they affect our food supply and are capable of rapidly spreading to new plant species, so a comprehensive study of plant viruses is important in understanding their pathogenesis and prevention. This book focuses on the plant virus evolution, their molecular classification, epidemics and management. The key features in the book includes genome organization, translation and replication, virus-coded proteinases, structure of virus particles, cell receptors and host range, the RNA polymerase, quasispecies dynamics and virus evolution, and its natural habitats.

Foreword

Preface

List of Contributors

Section I: Diversity

1. Structural aspects of plant viruses
2. Biotypes of Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus in Brazil
3. Characterization And Control Of Potato Virus Y In The Crops
4. Tobamoviruses and their diversity
5. Plum Pox (Sharka Disease)
6. Evolution and emergence of geminiviruses: reasons and consequences
7. Sugarcane Bacilliform Viruses: Present Status
8. Wheat streak mosaic virus: cereal pathogen with growing importance
9. Population structure and diversity of banana bunchy top virus and banana bract mosaic virus

Section II: Host Interaction

10. Molecular dynamics of geminiviruses-host interactome
11. Host-virus interactions on the way from potyvirus replication to translation
12. Molecular interactions between plant viruses and their biological vectors
13. Proteomics in understanding the host-virus interactions
14. A case study of Tomato spotted wilt virus - pepper interaction
15. Virus-virus Interactions in Plants
16. Viruses and Plant Development

Section III: Management

17. Host miRNAs and Virus-Derived Small RNAs In Plants Infected With Certain Potyviruses
18. Possible approaches for developing different strategies to prevent transmission of Geminiviruses to important crops.
19. On-farm management of Papaya ringspot virus in papaya by modifying cultural practices
20. Diversity, host-pathogen interactions and management of grapevine leafroll disease
21. Virus induced gene silencing: putting the knowledge of plant-virus interactions for high throughput plant functional genomics
22. Exclusion of Plant Viruses for Ensuring Biosecurity - A Critical Appraisal

Subject Index
About the Editors

Dr. Rajarshi Kumar Gaur is presently working as Professor & Head, Department of Bioscience, Mody Institute of Technology and Science, Lakshmangarh, Sikar, Rajasthan, India. He did his Ph.D on molecular characterization of sugarcane viruses of India. He had partially characterized three sugarcane virus viz., sugarcane mosaic virus, sugarcane streak mosaic virus and sugarcane yellow luteovirus. He received MASHAV fellowship in 2004 of Israel government for his post doctoral studies and joined The Volcani Centre, Israel and then shifted to BenGurion University, Negev, Israel. In 2007 he received the Visiting Scientist Fellowship from Swedish Institute Fellowship, Sweden for one year to work in the The Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. He is also a recipient of ICGEB, Italy Post-Doctoral fellowship in 2008. He worked on development of marker-free transgenic plant against cucumber viruses. He has made significant contributions on sugarcane viruses and published 130 national/international papers and presented near about 50 papers in the national and international conferences. He was awarded as Fellow of Linnean Society, London, UK. He has also visited Thailand, New Zealand, London, Canada, USA and Italy for the sake of attending the conference/workshop. Currently, he is handling different projects funded by Government of India on plant virus and disease management.

 Prof.(Dr.)S.M.Paul Khurana did his 2 years of Post Doctoral Research(1970-72) in Adv Plant Virology at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan with Prof Zyun Hidaka. Availing JSPS fellowship. Also availed GOI DBT overseas fellowship for one year at University of Minnesota, St Paul (USA) with Prof EE Banttari & specialized in Immunodiagnostics Technology (March 1987 to April, 1988). Scientist/Sr Scientist ,Principal Scientist, Head, Virus/Seed Pathology (1976-82/1988), Principal Scientist & Head, Plant Pathology Divn (1988-93), Project Coordinator AICRP-Potato( 1994-2004), and Di