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When I received an invitation to attend the International Symposium on Lethal Yellowing being organised by the Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan (CICy), I was excited and a little nostalgic. During the 1970s, a series of similar symposia had been held under the auspices of the loosely-constituted ""International Council on Lethal Yellowing"" (ICL Y). These were the years when the MLO cause for L Y was first proposed, a vector was found, the disease was racing across mainland Florida, USA and it was suspected of having jumped to Cozumel. Analogous diseases were also reported to be spreading in Africa and elsewhere. The ICL Y meetings, held approximately every two years, proved to be an immensely valuable forum for all involved in the research and control of L Y. They attracted a very wide cross-section of scientists and practitioners working on L Y, on related diseases, and on palms in general. Many participants of those ICL Y meetings also attended this CICY Symposium. Unfortunately, during the 1980s, as countries learned to live with L Y, most of the national and international funding for L Y research dried up, and so did ICL Y. The present symposium is the only international meeting to have been devoted to L Y since the last meeting of rCLY in 1979. Its convening in Merida is timely.

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Author:   C. Oropeza ,  F.W. Howard ,  G.R. Ashburner
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9789401041935

ISBN 10:   9401041938
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   14 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to lethal yellowing.- Lethal yellowing.- A brief history of lethal yellowing research.- 2. Aspects of the disease.- Mycoplasmalike organisms as pathogens of coconut palms.- Lethal yellowing vector studies. I. Methods of experimental transmission.- Lethal yellowing vector studies. II. Status of Myndus crudus host plant studies.- Physiology and biochemistry of lethal yellowing-affected Cocos nucifera L. palms.- 3. Diagnosis and detection.- Detection and diagnosis of lethal yellowing: conventional methods and molecular techniques.- Practical use of DNA probes for the detection of lethal yellowing of Cocos nucifera L. in México.- 4. Control of lethal yellowing.- Integrated pest management for the control of lethal yellowing: quarantine, cultural practices and optimal use of hybrids.- 5. Genetic resources and improvement.- Reproductive biology of coconut palms.- Coconut variation and genetic resources.- Safe movement of coconut germplasm.- The genetics of durable resistance to lethal yellowing disease.- Genetic markers for coconut palms.- Production and advantages of coconut hybrids.- 6. In vitro tissue culture.- A brief history of coconut tissue culture.- Initiation of callogenesis in coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.).- Initiation of somatic embryogenesis in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.).- 7. Future directions for the coconut industry.- The Coconut Industry Board of Jamaica.- Coconut product diversification.

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