Up-to-date, accurate information on recent developments in crop protection! Fungal Disease Resistance in Plants: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetic Engineering presents the latest developments in crop protection from fungal infection. Leading experts in botany, plant breeding, and plant pathology contribute their knowledge to help reduce and possibly prevent new outbreaks of devastating crop epidemics caused by fungi. With exciting new advances in molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetic engineering, this informative book will help researchers, professors, and students further their understanding of plant defenses. Fungal Disease Resistance in Plants is your guide to understanding the various barriers that plants have developed through evolution and adaptation to protect themselves from invading fungal pathogens. Defenses include physical barriers such as thick cell walls and chemical compounds expressed by the plant when attacked. Still other plants have acquired proteins that play an important role in defense. This book discusses these evolutionary traits and introduces new scientific techniques to engineer resistance in plants that have no built-in protection. Fungal Disease Resistance in Plants explores:
cellular expression of resistance to fungal pathogens
the hypersensitive response and its role in disease resistance
induced plant resistance to fungal pathogens mechanisms and practical applications
pathogenesis-related proteins and their roles in resistance to fungal pathogens
signal transduction plant networks, delivery, and response to fungal infection
fungus genes as they relate to disease susceptibility and resistance
Without intense research and scientific study, catastrophic harvest failures due to fungal diseases could cause food shortages, human and animal poisonings, and economic loss throughout the world. Augmented with tables, figures, and extensive references, this state-of-the-art source of research material is valuable for scientists and researchers in universities, private organizations, government institutions, and agricultural organizations interested in plant defenses and future crop preservation.
Edited by:
Zamir Punja
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 212mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781560229612
ISBN 10: 1560229616
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 21 September 2004
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
About the Editor,, Contributors,, Foreword (Sophien Kamoun),, Preface,, Chapter 1. Signal Transduction in Plant Defense Responses to Fungal Infection (Dierk Scheel and Thorsten Nuernberger),, Introduction and Background,, Signals and Signal Delivery in Plant-Fungus/Oomycete Interactions,, Signal PerceptionA Complex Matter,, Cellular SignalingA Matter of Networks,, Conclusions ,, Chapter 2. Cellular Expression of Resistance to Fungal Plant Pathogens (Denny G. Mellersh and Michèle C. Heath),, Introduction,, Background,, Detailed Review,, Use of Transgenic Plants to Study Expression of Resistance at the Cellular Level,, Current Work in Our Laboratory,, Concluding Remarks,, Chapter 3. The Hypersensitive Response and Its Role in Disease Resistance (Hans-Peter Stuible and Erich Kombrink),, Introduction,, Features of the Hypersensitive Response,, Proteins Involved in Pathogen Recognition and Initiation of HR Cell Death,, Small Molecules Involved in Signaling and Execution of HR Cell Death,, Negative Regulatory Components,, Is Protein Degradation Important for Execution of HR Cell Death?,, The Role of Cell Organelles in HR Induction,, Is HR Cell Death Required for Resistance?,, Do Plant Pathogens Modulate the HR in an Active Manner?,, Development of Transgenic Plants: Exploitation of HR for Disease Control,, Conclusions and Future Directions,, Chapter 4. Fungal (A)Virulence Factors at the Crossroads of Disease Susceptibility and Resistance (N. Westerink, M. H. A. J. Joosten, and P. J. G. M. de Wit),, Introduction,, Background,, Fungal (A
