Electron Microscopy of Plant Pathogens

Explores all electron microscopical techniques currently employed in the study of various groups of plant pathogens, particularly fungi and viruses. The text describes the application of new preparation and labelling techniques which yield data on the nature of parasitic interactions.

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This review of all electron microscopical techniques currently used also provides some recent principal research reports. Their application to the study of fine structures of various groups of plant pathogens (fungi, bacteria, viruses, mycoplasma-like organisms, protozoa and nematodes) is described as well as host-pathogen and host-symbiont interactions. In recent years, new preparation and labelling techniques (cryofixation, immunolabelling) have been applied in various disciplines of research, and these yield further specific information on the nature of parasitic interactions as detectable in the electron microscope. The reader will obtain an overview of the modern technical possibilities of studying plant pathogens using an electron microscopical approach.