Fundamentals of Viroid Biology
Coordonnateurs : Adkar-Purushothama Charith Raj, Sano Teruo, Perreault Jean-Pierre, Yanjarappa Sreenivasa Marikunte, Di Serio Francesco, Daròs José-Antonio
Fundamentals of Viroid Biology provides a comprehensive introduction to emerging research on viroids and their biology. The book is organized into three parts, with sections that discuss historical perspectives as well as information on classifications, structure, life cycle and replication and viroid movement. The book goes on to discuss viroid diseases and their geographic distributions across Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, North and South America. Viroid pathogenesis and viroid-host interaction rounds out the coverage which includes viroid associated disease symptoms and viroid regions associated and viroid-host protein and translations. Detection and disease control strategies are also covered.
Contributed by an international group of renown contributors in viroid research, this book is a useful introductory reference to advanced undergraduates and graduate and postgraduate students. It is also ideal for early career researchers and scientists engaged in the study of viroid biology, virology, plant virology and microbiology.
Preface
Dedication
Opening words
Introductory Statement
Section 1 Introduction
1. Milestones in viroid research
2. Viroid taxonomy
3. Structure of viroids
4. Replication and movement of viroids in host plants
Section 2 Prospecting for viroid
5. Viroids diseases and its distribution in Asia
6. Viroid associated plant diseases in Europe
7. Naturally occurring viroid diseases of economically important plants in Africa
8. Naturally occurring viroids and viroid-related sequences in the tropical monocotyledons of Oceania
9. Viroids diseases and its distribution in North America
10. Viroid associated plant diseases in South America
Section 3 Viroid pathogenesis and viroid-host interaction
11. Viroid pathogenicity
12. Viroid and protein translation
13. Effect of viroid on host DNA methylation pathways
14. Transcriptomic analyses provide insights into plant-viroid interactions
15. Viroid-induced RNA silencing and its secondary effect on the host transcriptome Section 4 Viroid disease management
16. Detection of viroids
17. Viroid Disease Control and Strategies
18. Policies, regulations and viroid free clean plant material for sustainable agriculture Section 5 Prospective
19. Application of bioinformatics in viroid research
20. Viroid-derived methods for puri?cation, diagnostics, and secondary structure prediction
21. Future perspectives in viroid research
He earned his master’s degree in microbiology from the University of Mysore, India and a doctorate from the University of Milano, Italy. He did his first postdoctoral training with Prof. Teruo Sano at Hirosaki University, Japan, where he worked on the RNA silencing strategies against viroid diseases. He completed his second postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Prof. Jean-Pierre Perreault in the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, in the field of plant-viroid interaction using biochemistry, molecular biology and bioinformatics tools. He has published over 60 original research articles, four review articles, two book chapters, presented in 30 international scientific conferences, and is a Associate Editor of Fundamental Virology (Frontiers in Virology,) and a Topic Editor for the journal, Viruses. He hold a patent issued by the Government of India.
Prof. Teruo Sano PhD is a plant virologist with more than 40 years of research experience in viroid biology, viroid-host interaction, and biotechnology. After obtaining a PhD from Hokkaido University, Japan, he did his postdoctoral studies in Microbiology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, the USA, for two years. He joined Hirosaki University as an associate professor in 1992 and became a professor in the year 2005. He received 35 research grants and has published more than 140 original scientific articles, 32 scientific reports, 18 book chapters, and three review articles. He has also holds three patents issued by the Government of Japan. He is an invited speaker for more than 25 scientific meetings. He is one of the virologists who well-balanced both fundamental and applied research. He is one of the pioneering researchers who showed transgenic potato plants expressing a double-strand RNA ribonuclease is resistant t
- Covers introductory to advanced level of information in viroid research
- Supported by relevant flow chart, figures and graphics to enhance understanding of the concepts and protocols
- Offers contributions by an international array of experts who are authorities in viroid research
Date de parution : 11-2023
Ouvrage de 444 p.
19x23.4 cm
