Rhizomania

Part I. Historical Background

1. Introduction
Enrico Biancardi, Robert T. Lewellen

2. History and Current Status
Antonio Canova, Luciano Giunchedi, Enrico Biancardi

Part II. The Virus

3. General Features of Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein Virus
Tetsuo Tamada

4. Molecular Biology and Replication of Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein Virus
David Gilmer

5. Genetic Diversity of Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein Virus
Tetsuo Tamada, Hideki Kondo, Sotaro Chiba

Part III. The Vector

6. The Plasmodiophorid Protist Polymyxa betae

Tetsuo Tamada, Michael J. C. Asher

7. Ecology and Epidemiology
Tetsuo Tamada, Michael J. C. Asher

Part IV. Control and Resistance Breeding

8. Control of the Disease
Claudio Ratti, Enrico Biancardi

9. Genetic Resistances
Leonard W. Panella, Enrico Biancardi

10. Engineering Transgenic Rhizomania Resistance
Ourania I. Pavli, George N. Skaracis

11. Breeding Methods
Marco Biaggi, Enrico Biancardi

12. Assisted Selection
Piergiorgio Stevanato, Enrico Biancardi, Peyman Norouzi

13. Perspective
J. Mitchell McGrath

Avainsanat: Life Sciences, Plant Pathology, Plant Genetics & Genomics, Plant Physiology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology