Plant Virology

Section I Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Nomenclature and Classification of plant viruses
Chapter 3: Structure and assembly
Chapter 4: Symptoms and host range
Chapter 5: Agents resembling or altering virus diseases
Section II Virus-Plant-Vector; Molecular mechanisms and interactions
Chapter 6: Genome composition, organization and gene expression
Chapter 7 Replication of plant viruses
Chapter 8 Origins and Evolution of Plant Viruses
Chapter 9 Virus-plant interactions: RNA silencing
Chapter 10: Movement of viruses within plants
Chapter 11 Virus-plant interactions in non-permissive and permissive hosts
Chapter 12 Plant to plant movement
Section III Applied aspects
Chapter 13 Assay, detection, and diagnosis and diagnosis of plant viruses
Chapter 14 Ecology, epidemiology and control of plant viruses
Chapter 15 Plant viruses and technology
Section IV Plant virus viromics
Chapter 16 Plant virus viromics: involvement of genomes of three organisms - virus, host, vector
Appendix A Profiles of Families and Genera of Plant Viruses
Appendix B Plant Virus biological properties
Appendix C Plant virus genomes
Appendix D Plant virus acronyms

Roger Hull graduated in botany from Cambridge University and undertook his graduate studies in plant virus diagnostics and epidemiology at London University. He lectured on agricultural botany there and at Makerere University in Uganda. In 1965 he moved to fundamental studies of plant viruses, first at Cambridge in the United Kingdom and then at the John Innes Institute (now Centre) in Norwich. He spent a sabbatical year (1974) at University of California, Davis, where he learnt the fundamentals of the newly developing molecular biology technology. He applied to this to plant virus characterisation, diagnostics and virus control, especially in tropical crops such as rice and plantain bananas. He retired in 1997 but continued research, lecturing and book writing. Dr Hull was an honorary professor at University of East Anglia in the UK and Peking and Fudan Universities in China, a Doctoris Honoris Causa at the University of Perpignan in France, and a Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed papers on plant virology and more than 40 reviews in scientific journals, and has authored five books. In retirement Roger Hull also became involved in promoting the uptake of transgenic technology by developing countries as one approach to alleviating food insecurity. He was on the International faculty of the e-learning diploma course training decision makers, mainly in developing countries, in plant biotechnology regulation.

"...this book is still unique, being the most comprehensive survey of classic and modern plant virology."--JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (August 2005) "The book is strong in its coverage of recent developments. This is a book for the advanced student and researcher."-Ron Fraser for MICROBIOLOGY TODAY (2002)

"...a refreshing addition to the agricultural and plant sciences literature...A summary of information on taxonomy, biological properties, and genome organization of plant viruses in an appendix is especially valuable... Summing Up: Highly recommended." --CHOICE Reviews Online,Nov 01 2014

"...this book is still unique, being the most comprehensive survey of classic and modern plant virology." --JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (August 2005)

"The book is strong in its coverage of recent developments. This is a book for the advanced student and researcher." --Ron Fraser for MICROBIOLOGY TODAY (2002)