This is not the case in a recent review article authored by Dennis McGee entitled Epidemiological Approach to Disease Management Through Seed Technology (McGee, 1995). In this comprehensive review, McGee states under the heading of a research priorities, a review of the literature on seed pathology over the period of 1982 - 1994 indicated that almost a quarter of approximately 2000 citations simply catalogue the presence of microorganisms on seed. McGee continues, a these purely descriptive commentaries do not address the potential for crop damage by planting diseased seeds or the management of seedborne diseases. The type of cataloging research McGee identified focuses more on fungi than it does on bacteria and viruses. He writes that more research should be conducted in the area of seedborne bacteria and virus detection and identification since this area has been neglected due to the lack of adequate assays. He also discusses the importance of research in the area of establishing research thresholds for seedborne diseases, for these thresholds will be fundamental if the management of seedborne disease is to be successful. McGee makes it very clear that cataloging pathogens associated with seed is important, however; determining how that pathogen affects the long-term economic establishment of the crop should be the ultimate goal.