Books By Assunta Bertaccini - Author

Dr. Assunta Bertaccini is a Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Bologna, Italy. In more than 40 years of research, she has focused on studying plant diseases associated with phytoplasmas and bacteria, particularly their biology and epidemiology. She was an invited speaker at national and international meetings and seminars. Among her major awards is the Emmy Klienenberger-Nobel for distinguished research in mycoplasmology. She has mentored dozen of students in phytobacteriology and is the author of about 800 publications. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Phytopathogenic Mollicutes, Senior Editor of Phytopathologia Mediterranea and founder and leader of the International Phytoplasmologist Working Group (IPWG) (http://www.ipwgnet.org/).   Dr. Kenro Oshima is a Professor of Plant Pathology at the Hosei University, Japan. He has 20 years of research experience in the field of plant pathology, especially the genomes and pathogenicity of phytoplasmas. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of General P