Bacterial Wilt Disease: Molecular and Ecological Aspects Book

	One Hundred and One Years of Research on Bacterial Wilt	1
	Bacterial Wilt: the Missing Element in International Banana Improvement Programs	6
	Chair's Perspective: Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum	17
	Phylogeny, Diversity and Molecular Diagnostics of Ralstonia solanacearum	19
	Development of a Diagnostic Test Based on the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) to Identify Strains of R. solanacearum Exhibiting the Biovar 2 Genotype	34
	Genetic Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 in Western Europe determined by AFLP, RC-PFGE and Rep-PCR	44
	Biogeographic Studies on Ralstonia solanacearum Race 1 and 3 by Genomic Fingerprinting	50
	Analysis of Genetic Variation of a Population of Banana Infecting Strains of Ralstonia solanacearum	56
	Genetic Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum in Japan	61
	Diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum in Tomato Rhizosphere Soil	74
	Population Structure of Ralstonia solanacearum From a Disease Nursery and Tomato Production Fields in Taiwan	82
	Correlation of Aggressiveness with Genomic Variation in Ralstonia solanacearum Race 1	89
	Chair's Perspective	101
	Molecular Methods for Detection and Discrimination of Ralstonia solanacearum	103
	Adaptation of Technology for Diagnosis and Detection of Ralstonia solanacearum in Malawi and Tanzania	111
	Efficiency of a Vacuum Infiltration Inoculation Procedure for Detecting Ralstonia solanacearum in Soil	116
	Developing Appropriate Detection Methods for Developing Countries	123
	Evaluation of Methods for Detection of Potato Seed Contamination by Ralstonia solanacearum	128
	Detection of Ralstonia solanacearum in Potato Tubers, Solanum dulcamara and Associated Irrigation Water	133
	Selection of Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 Specific Monoclonal Antibodies from Combinatorial Libraries	140
	Experiences with Bacterial Brown Rot Ralstonia solanacearum Biovar 2, Race 3 in the Netherlands	146
	Directions for Future Research on Bacterial Pathogenicity	155
	Analysis of Extracellular Polysaccharide I In Culture and In Planta Using Immunological Methods: New Insights and Implications	157
	Regulation of Virulence by Endogenous Signal Molecules and the Importance of Extracellular Polysaccharide During Infection and Colonization	164
	Function and Regulation of Pectin-Degrading Enzymes in Bacterial Wilt Disease	171
	The Ralstonia solanacearum hrp Gene Region: Role of the Encoded Proteins in Interactions with Plants and Regulation of Gene Expression	178
	Relationship of Wild Type Strain Motility and Interaction with Host Plants in Ralstonia solanacearum	184
	Studies on the Molecular Basis for Pathogenicity and Host Specificity in Strains of Ralstonia solanacearum Pathogenic to Banana	192
	Chair's Perspective: Host Resistance	197
	Transcriptional Regulation and Function of hsr203J, an Hypersensitivity-Related Gene of Tobacco Activated in Respons to Ralstonia solanacearum	203
	An Anti-Ralstonia solanacearum Protein from Potato and Its Immunogold Localization In Vivo	209
	Involvement of Nitric Oxide in Ralstonia solanacearum-Induced Hypersensitive Reaction in Tobacco	218
	Correlation of Chemical Profiles of Xylem Fluid of Tomato to Resistance to Bacterial Wilt	225
	Behavior of Bioluminescent Ralstonia solanacearum YN5 Containing the luxCDABE in Tomatoes Susceptible and Resistant to Bacterial Wilt	233
	Genetic Analysis of Quantitative Resistance Loci (QRL) of Tomato Variety Hawaii 7996 in Taiwan	245
	Identification and Mapping of RRSI, a Single Recessive Locus in Arabidopsis thaliana that Confers Resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum	250
	Mi Introgression Lines as Tools for the Genetic Analysis of Bacterial Wilt Resistance in Tomato	255
	Genetics of Plant Resistance to Bacterial Wilt: Round Table Report	263
	Selection of Processing Tomato Progenies for Resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum	276
	Resistance Sources to Bacterial Wilt in Eggplant (Solanum melongena)	284
	Breeding for Resistance to Bacterial Wilt of Potatoes in Brazil	290
	Relationship Between Latent Infection and Groundnut Bacterial Wilt Resistance	294
	Inheritance of Resistance to Bacterial Wilt in Chinese Dragon Groundnuts	300
	Resistance to Bacterial Wilt in Uganda	306
	Multiplication of Ralstonia solanacearum in Capsicum annuum	309
	Solanum tuberosum - S. commersonii Somatic Hybrids are Resistant to Brown Rot Caused by Ralstonia solanacearum	316
	Chairs' Perspectives on Biological Control and Epidemiology	323
	The Suppression of Ralstonia by Marigolds solanacearum	325
	Elements of Biocontrol of Tomato Bacterial Wilt solanacearum	332
	The Development of a Biological Control Agent against Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 in Kenya	337
	Elements of Biocontrol of Tomato Bacterial Wilt solanacearum	332
	The Development of a Biological Control Agent against Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 in Kenya	337
	A Tentative Explanation of the Distribution, on Reunion Island, of Bacterial Wilt Caused by Either Biovar 2 or Biovar 3 of Ralstonia solanacearum	343
	The Effect of Temperature, Storage Period and Inoculum Concentration on Symptom Development and Survival of Ralstonia solanacearum in Inoculated Tubers	351
	Epidemiology of Tomato Bacterial Wilt in Agreste Region of Pernambuco State, Brazil, in 1996/1997	358
	Current Situation of Bacterial Wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum Smith) in Cuba	364
	Factors Affecting the Population of Ralstonia Solanacearum in a Naturally Infested Field Planted to Tobacco	369
	Disease Management Session Commentary	379
	The Usefulness of Potato Resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum, for the Integrated Control of Bacterial Wilt	381
	Bacterial Wilt in Brazil: Current Status and Control Methods	386
	Disease Management Strategies for Control of Bacterial Wilt of Tobacco in the Southeastern USA	394
	Relative Importance of Latent Tuber Infection and Soil Infestation by Ralstonia solanacearum on the Incidence of Bacterial Wilt of Potato	403
	Maintaining Scottish Seed Potato Production Free From Ralstonia solanacearum	410
	Weeds as Latent Hosts of Ralstonia solanacearum in Highland Uganda: Implications to Development of an Integrated Control Package for Bacterial Wilt	413
	Round Table on Bacterial Wilt (Brown Rot) of Potato	420
	List of Authors	431
	Subject Index	443