Seed health testing : progress towards the 21st century /

Seed health testing : progress towards the 21st century /

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Imprint:Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York : CAB International, c1997.
Description:xvi, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Seeds -- Testing -- Congresses.
Seed-borne plant diseases -- Congresses.
Seed technology -- Congresses.
Seed-borne plant diseases.
Seed technology.
Seeds -- Testing.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4220966
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Other authors / contributors:Hutchins, J. D. (John D.)
Reeves, J. C. (James C.)
International Seed Testing Association. Plant Disease Committee.
ISBN:0851991793 (alk. paper)
Notes: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.
committed to retain 20170930 20421213 HathiTrust
Table of Contents:
  • 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. Immunofluorescence 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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