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Part I: The Physical and Chemical Environment Of Plant Surfaces.. Chapter 1.. Leaf Surface Waxes and the Process of Leaf Colonization by Microorganisms.. Chapter 2.. Ultraviolet Radiation on Leaves: Its Influence on Microbial Communities and Their Adaptations.. Chapter 3.. Mapping Uncharted Territory: Nanoscale Leaf Surface Topology.. Part II: Interactions Between Epiphytes and Their Hosts.. Chapter 4.. Adhesion of Yeasts to Leaf Surfaces.. Chapter 5.. Revisiting the Roles of Immigration and Growth in the Development of Populations of Pseudomonas syringae in the Phyllosphere.. Chapter 6.. Effect of Pathogenicity-Associated Genes on Field Fitness of Pseudomonas syringae pv. Syringae.. Chapter 7.. The Role of Pili and Flagella in Leaf Colonization by Pseudomonas syringae.. Chapter 8.. Endophytic Versus Epiphytic Colonization of Plants: What Comes First?.. Chapter 9.. Methylobacterium spp.: Phylloplane Bacteria Involved in Cross-Talk With the Plant Host?.. Part III: Interactions Among Microbes on Plant Surfaces.. Chapter 10.. Biofilms on Leaf Surfaces: Implications for the Biology, Ecology and Management of Populations of Epiphytic Bacteria.. Chapter 11.. Defenses Against Bacterial Colonization of Marine Plants.. Chapter 12.. Population Dynamics, Gene Transfer and Gene Expression in Plasmids, the Role of the Horizontal Gene Pool in Local Adaptation at the Plant Surface.. Chapter 13.. Ecological Processes and Interactions Occurring in Leaf Surface Fungi.. Chapter 14.. Population Structure of Xanthomonads with Endophytic and Epiphytic Phases: the Example of the Pathovar mangiferaeindicae/Mango Pathosystem.. Part IV: Plant Surface Microbes: Agricultural Practices and Food Quality.. Chapter 15.. Biological Control of Fire Blight: Understanding Interactions Among Introduced and Indigenous Microbial Communities

Chapter 16.. Production Practices Affecting the Potential for Persistent Contamination of Plants by Microbial Foodborne Pathogens.. Chapter 17.. Population Genetics of Xanthomonas oryzae: Applications to Disease Control.. Part V: Modeling of Interactions and Movement of Microbes on Plant Surfaces.. Chapter 18.. Leaves as Islands of Spatial and Temporal Variation: Consequences for Plant Herbivores, Pathogens, Communities and Ecosystems.. Chapter 19.. Implications of a Leaf Surface Habitat for Fungal Community Structure and Function.. Chapter 20.. Resource Aggregation in the Phyllosphere: Implications for Microbial Dynamics Across Spatial Scales.. Chapter 21.. Aerobiology of Fungi in Relation to Capture and Release by Plants.. Part VI: Contributions of Phyllosphere Microbiology To Science and Agriculture.. Chapter 22.. Fifty Years of Phyllosphere Microbiology: Significant Contributions to Research in Related Fields.. List of Contributors.. Index