Seed health testing : progress towards the 21st century / edited by J.D. Hutchins and J.C. Reeves.
Material type: TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York : CAB International, 1997Description: xvi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 0851991793; 9780851991795Subject(s): Seeds -- Testing -- Congresses | Seed-borne plant diseases -- Congresses | Seed technology -- Congresses | Semences -- Essais -- Congr�es | Plantes -- Maladies transmises par les semences -- Congr�es | Cultures de semences -- Congr�es | Seed-borne plant diseases | Seed technology | Seeds -- Testing | Kongress | Phytohygiene | Qualit�atskontrolle | Samen | Samenb�urtige Pflanzenkrankheit | Kongre� | Samen | Seed technology Congresses | Seed-borne plant diseases Congresses | Seeds Testing Congresses | zaden | gezondheid | health | zaadcontrole | seed testing | plantenziektekunde | plant pathology | plantenziekteverwekkende schimmels | plant pathogenic fungi | plantenziekten | plant diseases | plantenvirussen | plant viruses | plant pathogenic bacteria | gewasbescherming | plant protection | experimenten | experiments | onderzoek | research | Diseases, Pests and Disorders of Plants (General) | Plantenziekten, -plagen en -afwijkingen (algemeen)Genre/Form: Conference papers and proceedings. | Cambridge (1996)Additional physical formats: Online version:: Seed health testing.DDC classification: 631.521 LOC classification: SB117 | .S37 1997Other classification: 48.56 | LAN 181f | LAN 240f Online resources: Table of contents | Publisher descriptionItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Based on papers developed from the second International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)-Plant Disease Committee symposium held in Cambridge, August 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine derived contents note: Section I -- 1. New and priority seedborne diseases in Western Europe -- 2. Recent problems with loose smut in oats and common bunt in wheat in the Nordic countries -- 3. Seed health testing in Eastern and Central European countries -- the present and prospects -- 4. The recurrence of Burkolderia solanacearum in southern European countries -- 5. Seedborne diseases of economic importance in Israel and the use of alternatives to mercuric fungicides -- 6. New and important seedborne diseases in Southern Africa -- 7. Seedborne disease in North America: diversity and change -- 8. New and priority seedborne diseases in South America -- 9. Seedborne diseases in Australia and New Zealand -- 10. Potentially important seedborne pathogens of economic crops in North-east Asia -- Section II -- 11. ISTA-PDC's terms of reference in the past and for the future -- 12. The international seed health initiative -- 13. Cereal seed health strategies in the UK -- 14. Review on policy developments with regard to seed health testing and seed treatment in the Nordic countries with special reference to Denmark -- 15. Developments in seed health testing policy -- a US perspective -- 16. Development of seed health testing policy in South America -- 17. Developments in rice seed health testing policy -- Section III -- 18. Development of a PCR-based test to detect and identify Pyrenophora spp. -- 19. Characterization of the seedborne fungal pathogen Phomopsis phaseoli f. sp. meridionalis: the agent of soybean stem canker -- 20. Detection of Tilletia indica in wheat and T. barclayana in rice samples and its implication for seed certification -- 21. BIO-PRC: a highly sensitive technique for detecting seedborne fungi and bacteria -- 22. Immunoflorescence colony-staining as a tool for sample indexing and for the determination of field thresholds for pathogenic seedborne bacteria -- 23. Comparison of serological and molecular methods for detection of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in rice seed -- 24. Immunocapture reverse transcriptase PCR for the detection of lettuce mosaic virus -- 25. Comparison of immunocapture PCR and ELISA in quality control of pea seed for pea seedborne mosaic potyvirus -- Section IV -- 26. ISTA/PDC bacteriology working group: comparative tests working sheets -- 27. Comparative test for the detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv. camprestris in crucifer seeds -- 28. Comparative tests with the osmotic blotter method for detection of Drechslear spp. in barley seeds -- Section V -- 29. ISTA Accreditation in seed health testing laboratories -- 30. NAL: a quality assurance system for seed health testing laboratories -- 31. Microbiological reference materials for quality control in seed health testing -- 32. Quality control of seeds for viruses: present status and future prospects -- Index.
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