UID:
edocfu_9958127822002883
Format:
1 online resource (680 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
1-299-45421-6
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0-323-14353-9
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Microbiology of Aerial Plant Surfaces; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. ASPECTS OF THE STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEAERIAL SURFACES OF HIGHER PLANTS; INTRODUCTION; EPIDERMIS; STOMATA; DIFFERENTIATION IN THE EPIDERMIS; PERIDERM; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. SOME EFFECTS OF FUNGICIDES AND OTHER AGROCHEMICALSON THE MICROBIOLOGY OF THE AERIALSURFACES OF PLANTS; INTRODUCTION; THE MICROFLORA OF PLANTS; WHY PESTICIDES; INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MICRO-ORGANISMS ONPLANT SURFACES; FACTORS AFFECTING AGROCHEMICAL ACTION ONPLANT SURFACES
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METHODS USED IN IDENTIFICATION OF MICROFLORA; EFFECTS OF AGROCHEMICALS OTHER THAN FUNGICIDES; EFFECTS OF FUNGICIDES ON THE MICROFLORA; EFFECTS OF PLANT AND MICROFLORA ON FUNGICIDES; FINAL COMMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. AIR POLLUTION - EFFECTS ON THE STRUCTUREAND FUNCTION OF PLANT-SURFACEMICROBIAL-ECOSYSTEMS; AIR POLLUTANTS; MICRO-ORGANISMS; HOST PLANTS; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AIR POLLUTION AND PLANTSURFACE MICRO-ORGANISMS; CLASS I - LOW AIR POLLUTION DOSE; CLASS II - INTERMEDIATE AIR POLLUTION DOSE; CLASS III - HIGH AIR POLLUTION DOSE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES
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CHAPTER 4. THE ROLE OF ACID RAIN AS A REGULATOR OF FOLIAR NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND LOSS; INTRODUCTION; THE MECHANISM OF LEACHING; ACID RAIN; EFFECT OF ACID RAIN ON VEGETATION; ACID RAIN AND NUTRIENT CYCLES; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. ORIGINS OF THE FINE STRUCTURE OF PLANTEPICUTICULAR WAXES; INTRODUCTION; ROLE OF THE CUTICULAR MEMBRANE; EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EFFECTS OF DEVELOPMENTAL FACTORS; EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITION ON CRYSTAL FORMATION; BLOOM FORMATION AND TRANSITION CRYSTALLIZATION; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ULTRASTRUCTURE ANDCHEMICAL COMPOSITION
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RECRYSTALLIÆATION OF ISOLATED EPICUTICULAR WAXESAND THEIR CONSTITUENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. THE INFLUENCE OF OZONE ON PLANT SURFACE MICROFLORAS; INTRODUCTION; REVIEW; METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. AERIAL MICROCLIMATE AROUND PLANT SURFACES; CROP CANOPIES; PLANT PARTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. SPORE LIBERATION FROM LEAVES BY WIND; INTRODUCTION; METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTS IN STUDIES OF MICRO-ORGANISMSON AERIAL PLANT SURFACES; TERMINOLOGY; COLLECTION OF SAMPLES; EXAMINATION OF SAMPLES - MICRO-ORGANISMS IN CULTURE
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EXAMINATION OF SAMPLES - DIRECT METHODS; BIOCHEMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIESIN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS; BIOCHEMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES INYEAST GROUPS WITHIN ENVIRONMENTS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. A SURVEY OF METHODS USED IN THE STUDY OF MICROFUNGAL SUCCESSION ON LEAF SURFACES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11. THE TAXONOMY OF BACTERIA ON THE AERIAL PARTS OF PLANTS; INTRODUCTION; TAXONOMY; NOTES ON TABLE I; TAXONOMIC CRITERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; C0RYNEF0RM BACTERIA; OTHER GROUPS OF BACTERIA; FUTURE TAXONOMIC STUDIES; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 12. CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF PHYLLOPLANE BACTERIA USING NUMERICAL TAXONOMY
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-215050-3
Language:
English
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