Molecular plant pathology

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Molecular plant pathology

edited by Matthew Dickinson and James Beynon

(Annual plant reviews, v. 4)

Sheffield Academic Press , CRC Press, 2000

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Includes bibliographical references and index

editor: Jim Beynon - preface, cover

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Volume

CRC Press ISBN 9780849305108

Description

For the past century, it has been known that plants possess genetically inherited resistance mechanisms to combat phytopathogenic fungi, bacteria and viruses, and that the relationship between pathogens and host plants is highly specialized and complex. As techniques of molecular biology have developed over the past 25 years, our understanding of the molecular basis of these relationships has advanced significantly. Molecular Plant Pathology, the fourth volume in the Annual Plant Reviews series, discusses the ways by which molecular plant pathology can be exploited to control disease and thereby maximize crop yield. It covers the three main areas of plant pathology: how pathogens cause disease; (the molecular signaling that takes place between plant and pathogen); how plants resist disease (what is known about resistance genes, apoptosis, and systemic-acquired resistance); and how molecular plant pathology can be exploited to control disease. Since disease control is directly related to increased crop production, the topics covered in this book are of major economic significance. This economic importance coupled with the clear, concise coverage of the materials, render Molecular Plant Pathology an extremely useful reference for academic and industrial researchers in plant pathology and other related areas of study. Features

Table of Contents

Fungal Pathogenicity - Establishing Infection. Bacterial Pathogenicity. Viral Pathogenicity. Genetic Analysis and Evolution of Plant Disease Resistance Genes. Resistance Genes and Resistance Protein Function. Signaling in Plant Disease Resistance. Programmed Cell Death in Plants in Response to Pathogen Attack. Systemic Acquired Resistance. Transgenic Approaches to Disease-Resistant Plants as Exemplified by Viruses. Emerging Technologies and Their Application in the Study of Host-Pathogen Interaction. References. Index.
Volume

Sheffield ISBN 9781841271088

Description

Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 4 This volume addresses a subject of direct relevance to crop yield and therefore of major economic significance. Directed equally at academic and industrial readers, it covers three main areas of molecular plant pathology: how pathogens cause disease (the molecular signalling that takes place between plant and pathogen, and the genes that are important in the pathogen for causing disease), how plants resist disease (what is known about resistance genes, through apoptosis to systemic-acquired resistance), and exploitation of molecular plant pathology in the biotechnological control of disease.

Table of Contents

  • Fungal pathogenicity: establishing infection
  • Bacterial pathogenicity
  • Viral pathogenicity
  • Genetic analysis and evolution of plant disease resistance genes
  • Resistance genes and resistance protein function
  • Signalling in plant disease resistance
  • Programmed cell death in plants in response to pathogen attack
  • Systemic acquired resistance
  • Transgenic approaches to disease resistant plants as exemplified by viruses
  • Emerging technologies and their application in the study of host-pathogen interactions
  • References
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BA47834039
  • ISBN
    • 184127108X
    • 0849305101
  • LCCN
    99011779
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Sheffield,Boca Raton, Fla.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 293 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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