Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bioassay for diagnosis of plant viruses / Isla A. Browning -- Development of enzyme linked, tissue blot and dot blot immunoassays for plant virus detection / Hei-ti Hsu -- Immunisation strategies for antibody production / Eobert Burns -- Preparation of immunogens and production of antibodies / Hei-ti Hsu,... [et al.] -- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay detection of ralstonia solanacearum in potatoes / Dirk U. Bellstedt -- Production of monoclonal antibodies to plant pathogens / Christopher R. Thornton -- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection and identification of plant pathogenic bacteria / Blanka Kokoskova and Jaap D. Janse -- Indirect immunofluorescence microscopy for the detection and identification of plant pathogenic bacteria (in particular for Ralstonia solanacearum) / Jaap D. Janse and Blanka Kokoskova -- Detection of four major bacterial potato pathogens / Ellen M. Kerr, Greig Cahill and Karen Fraser -- Erwinia amylovora / Antonet M. Svircev, ... [et al.] -- Use of fluorescent in situ hybridization in plant fungal identification and genotyping / Mohamed Hijri -- Use of molecular methods for the detection of fungal spores / Elaine Ward -- Identification of phytophthora fragariae var. rubi by PCR / Alexandra Schlenzig -- Detection of double-stranded RNA elements in the plant pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani / Nikki D. Charlton, Stellos M. Tavantzis, and Marc A. Cubeta --

Immunocapture-PCR for plant virus detection / Vincent Mulholland -- Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and real-time multiplex PCR for the simultaneous detection of plant viruses / V. Pallas, ... [et al.] -- Fluorescent-based techniques for viral detection, quantification, and characterization / Mathieu Rolland, Agnes Delaunay, and Emmanuel Jacquot -- Analysis of population structures of viral isolates using single-strand conformation polymorphism method / Agnes Delaunay, Mathieu Rolland, and Emmanuel Jacquot -- Direct detection of plant viruses in potato tubers using real-time PCR Neil Boonham, ... [et al.] -- Accelerated soil bait assay for the detection of potato mop top virus in agricultural soil / Triona Davey -- Detection of phytoplasmas of temperate fruit trees / Margit Laimer -- PCR detection of potato cyst nematode / Alex Reid -- Potato cultivar genome analysis / Alex Reid, ... [et al.] -- Barley variety identification using SSRs / Cathy Southworth.