Phyllosphere Microbiology
Description:... Part I: The physical and chemical environment of plant surfaces - Chapter 1: Leaf Surface Waxes and the Process of Leaf Colonization by Microorganisms; Chapter 2: Ultraviolet Radiation on Leaves: Its Influence on Microbial Communities and Their Adaptations; Chapter 3: Mapping Uncharted Territory: Nanoscale Leaf Surface Topology. Part II: Interactions between epiphytes and their hosts - Chapter 4: Adhesion of Yeasts to Leaf Surfaces; Chapter 5: Revisiting the Roles of Immigration and Growth in the Development of Populations of Pseudomonas syringae in the Phyllosphere; Chapter 6: Effect of Pathogenicity-Associated Genes on Field Fitness of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae; Chapter 7: The Role of Pili and Flagella in Leaf Colonization by Pseudomonas syringae; Chapter 8: Endophytic Versus Epiphytic Colonization of Plants: What Comes First?; Chapter 9: Methylobacterium spp.: Phylloplane Bacteria Involved in Cross-Talk With the Plant Host? Part III. Interactions among microbes on plant surfaces - Chapter 10: Biofilms on Leaf Surfaces: Implications for the Biology, Ecology and Management of Populations of Epiphytic Bacteria; Chapter 11: Defenses Against Bacterial Colonization of Marine Plants; Chapter 12: Population Dynamics, Gene Transfer and Gene Expression in Plasmids, the Role of the Horizontal Gene Pool in Local Adaptation at the Plant Surface; Chapter 13: Ecological Processes and Interactions Occurring in Leaf Surface Fungi; Chapter 14: Population Structure of Xanthomonads with Endophytic and Epiphytic Phases: the Example of the Pathovar mangiferaeindicae/Mango Pathosystem. Part IV: Plant surface microbes: agricultural practices and food quality - Chapter 15: Biological Control of Fire Blight: Understanding Interactions Among Introduced and Indigenous Microbial Communities; Chapter 16: Production Practices Affecting the Potential for Persistent Contamination of Plants by Microbial Foodborne Pathogens; Chapter 17: Population Genetics of Xanthomonas oryzae: Applications to Disease Control. Part V: Modeling of interactions and movement of microbes on plant surfaces - Chapter 18: Leaves as Islands of Spatial and Temporal Variation: Consequences for Plant Herbivores, Pathogens, Communities and Ecosystems; Chapter 19: Implications of a Leaf Surface Habitat for Fungal Community Structure and Function; Chapter 20: Resource Aggregation in the Phyllosphere: Implications for Microbial Dynamics Across Spatial Scales; Chapter 21: Aerobiology of Fungi in Relation to Capture and Release by Plants; Part VI: Contributions of phyllosphere microbiology to science and agriculture - Chapter 22: Fifty Years of Phyllosphere Microbiology: Significant Contributions to Research in Related Fields.
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