Diversity of Bacterial Wilt Pathogens in West Bengal, India

The book discusses about the various tools and techniques used for identification of bacterial phytopathogens. It comprises of a combination of primitive and modern methods that can be used as a handbook for researchers working in the area of microbiology, plant pathology and agriculture.An elaborate review of wilt causing bacterial species has been done.The methodologies adopted in identifying the wilt pathogens from diverse range of crops and weeds comprises of classical methods like colony morphology and biochemical tests as well as molecular methods like PCR, sequencing of 16s rRNA gene and use of phylogenetic tools. The results offer an in depth case study of the samples from West Bengal, India.

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Shamayeeta Sarkar est professeur adjoint de botanique au Rishi Bankim Chandra College, Naihati, Bengale occidental, avec 17 ans d'expérience universitaire. Elle a obtenu son doctorat à l'Université de Kalyani en 2013. Ses recherches portent sur la pathologie végétale moléculaire et la biologie informatique.