Virus and Virus-Like Diseases of Pome and Stone Fruits
edited by Ahmed Hadidi

Virus and Virus-Like Diseases of Pome and Stone Fruits presents state-of-the-art biological, molecular, and immunological advances surrounding the causes and strategies for diagnosing and controlling virus diseases of stone fruits.

The book’s vivid color images aid in the visual identification of symptomatology while distribution data and improved laboratory techniques provide reliable information and tools for higher diagnostic accuracy.

The book includes information on economic impact, biology, distribution, taxonomy, genomes, epidemiology, pathogenicity detection, and control measures.

Part I. Introduction
Part II. Pome Fruit Viruses and Related Diseases
Part III. Pome Fruit Viroids and Related Diseases
Part IV. Pome Fruit Phytoplasmas and Related Diseases
Part V. Stone Fruit Viruses and Related Diseases
Part VI. Stone Fruit Viroids and Related Diseases
Part VII. Stone Fruit Phytoplasmas and Related Diseases
Part VIII. Diseases of Pome and Stone Fruits of Undetermined Etiology
Part IX. Virus and Virus-Like Diseases of Nuts, Figs, and Olive Trees
Part X. Detection Methods for Pome and Stone Fruit Viruses, Viroids and Phytoplasmas
Part XI. Control Measures for Pome and Stone Fruit Viruses, Viroids and Phytoplasmas

Contents

Part I. Introduction

1. Economic Impact of Pome and Stone Fruit Viruses and Viroids
2. Economic Impact of Pome and Stone Fruit Phytoplasmas
3. Classification of Pome and Stone Fruit Viruses, Viroids, and Phytoplasmas

Part II. Pome Fruit Viruses and Related Diseases

4. Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus in Pome Fruits
5. Apple latent spherical virus
6. Apple mosaic virus in Pome Fruits
7. Apple stem grooving virus
8. Apple stem pitting virus
9. Tomato ringspot virus

Part III. Pome Fruit Viroids and Related Diseases

10. Apple dimple fruit viroid
11. Apple fruit crinkle viroid
12. Apple scar skin viroid
13. Pear blister canker viroid

Part IV. Pome Fruit Phytoplasmas and Related Diseases

14. Apple Proliferation Phytoplasma
15. Apple Sessile Leaf Phytoplasma
16. Pear Decline Phytoplasma

Part V. Stone Fruit Viruses and Related Diseases

17. Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus in Stone Fruits
18. Apple mosaic virus in Stone Fruits
19. Apricot latent virus
20. Apricot pseudo-chlorotic leaf spot virus
21. Asian Prunus Viruses
22. Cherry Detrimental Canker
23. Cherry green ring mottle virus
24. Cherry leaf roll virus
25. Cherry mottle leaf virus
26. Cherry necrotic rusty mottle and Cherry rusty mottle viruses
27. Cherry rasp leaf virus
28. Cherry Twisted Leaf Disease and its Associated Virus
29. Cherry virus A
30. Epirus cherry virus
31. Little cherry virus-1 and -2
32. Nematode-Borne Viruses of Stone Fruits
33. Peach mosaic virus
34. Plum bark necrosis stem pitting-associated virus
35. American plum line pattern virus
36. Plum pox virus
37. Prune dwarf virus
38. Prunus necrotic ringspot virus
39. Stocky prune virus

Part VI. Stone Fruit Viroids and Related Diseases

40. Peach latent mosaic viroid and its Diseases in Peach Trees
41. Peach latent mosaic viroid in Naturally Infected Temperate Fruit Trees
42. Hop stunt viroid

Part VII. Stone Fruit Phytoplasmas and Related Diseases

43. European Stone Fruit Yellows Phytoplasma
44. X-Disease Phytoplasma
45. Peach Yellow Leaf Roll Phytoplasma
46. Peach Rosette Phytoplasma
47. Cherry Lethal Yellows and Decline Phytoplasmas

Part VIII. Diseases of Pome and Stone Fruits of Undetermined Etiology

48. Virus-like Disorders of Fruit Trees with Undetermined Etiology

Part IX. Virus and Virus-Like Diseases of Nuts, Figs, and Olive Trees

49. Hazel Mosaic
50. Virus and Phytoplasma Diseases of Almond
51. Almond Witches’-Broom Phytoplasma
52. Fig Mosaic Disease and Associated Pathogens
53. Viruses, Phytoplasmas, and Diseases of Unknown Etiology of Olive Trees

Part X. Detection Methods for Pome and Stone Fruit Viruses, Viroids and Phytoplasmas

54. Biological Indexing
55. Immunology and Immunological Assays Applied to the Detection, Diagnosis and Control of Fruit Tree Viruses
56. Fluorescent and Ultramicroscopic Methods for Plant Virus Diagnostics and the Study of Virus-Plant Cell Interactions
57. Double-Stranded RNAs and their Use for Characterization of Recalcitrant Viruses
58. Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis for Viroid Detection
59. Molecular Hybridization Techniques for Detecting and Studying Fruit Tree Viruses and Viroids
60. Polymerase Chain Reaction for Detection of Systemic Plant Pathogens
61. DNA Microarrays and Other Future Trends in Detection and Typing of Viruses, Viroids, and Phytoplasmas

Part XI. Control Measures for Pome and Stone Fruit Viruses, Viroids and Phytoplasmas

62. Strategies for Control of Systemic Pathogens of Fruit Trees – An Overview
63. Vector Control of Fruit Tree Viruses and Phytoplasmas
64. Exclusion of Pome and Stone Fruit Viruses, Viroids, and Phytoplasmas by Certification and Quarantine
65. Elimination of Systemic Pathogens by Thermotherapy, Tissue Culture, or In Vitro Micrografting
66. Biotechnological Approaches for Resistance to Viruses, Viroids, and Phytoplasmas
67. Breeding for Resistance to Plum pox virus
68. Control Measures of Pome and Stone Fruit Viruses, Viroids, and Phytoplasmas: Role of International Organizations

Index

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