Viruses and Virus Diseases of Poaceae (Gramineae)

Introduction

1. Poaceae family
Grass taxonomy
The natural and social history of the grasses
Databases on Poaceae family and its viruses 

2. Viruses infecting Poaceae 
Main features of viruses and the diseases they induce
- Composition and architecture of virus particles
- Genetic RNA-RNA recombination in RNA viruses: the Brome mosaic bromovirus system
- The expression of plant virus proteins
- Virus-specific membraneous inclusions and viroplasms
- Symptoms, incidence on plant development
- Diagnosis and identification
- Transmission of viruses
- Epidemiology
- Genetic aspects of resistance to cereal viruses
- PTGS-plant defence and counter-defensive strategy of viruses 
- Manipulation of resistance genes
- Resistance of Poaceae to virus vectors
- Resistance and tolerance to BYDVs/CYDVs in cereals
- Phytosanitary regulations and certification procedures
- Control of virus diseases
- Ecological impact of virus-resistant transgenic plants
- Detection of transgenes in GMOs 
Viruses of Poaceae
- History of virus diseases of Poaceae
- Host range and position of viruses of Poaceae in the virus taxonomy

3. Taxa of viruses, virus-like and subviral agents infecting Poaceae 
Class « Retroelementopsida » (possible)
- Order Retrovirales (possible)
- Order Retrales 
Families not assigned to a class
- Single-stranded DNA viruses
- Double-stranded RNA viruses
- Single-stranded negative RNA viruses
- Order Mononegavirales
- Ambisense RNA viruses
- Single-stranded positive RNA viruses 
Genera not assigned to a family 
Single-stranded satellite RNAs 
List of single-stranded satellite RNAs and satellite viruses

4. Virus diseases of Poaceae 
Virus diseases of small grains 
Virus diseases of Maize (Zea mays L.) 
Viruses diseases of Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) 
Virus diseases of other Poaceae species 
Appendices 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

List of contributors 
Index