Talbot Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 11, Plant-Pathogen Interactions

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4793-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Annual Plant Reviews

Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 11
Plant diseases are destructive and threaten virtually any cropgrown on a commercial scale. They are kept in check by plantbreeding strategies that have introgressed disease resistance genesinto many important crops, and by the deployment of costly controlmeasures, such as antibiotics and fungicides. However, the capacityfor the agents of plant disease - viruses, bacteria, fungiand oomycetes - to adapt to new conditions, overcomingdisease resistance and becoming resistant to pesticides, is verygreat. For these reasons, understanding the biology of plantdiseases is essential for the development of durable controlstrategies.
This volume provides an overview of our current knowledge ofplant-pathogen interactions and the establishment of plant disease,drawing together fundamental new information on plant infectionmechanisms and host responses. The role of molecular signals, generegulation and the physiology of pathogenic organisms areemphasised, but the role of the prevailing environment in theconditioning of disease is also discussed.
This is a book for researchers and professionals in plantpathology, cell biology, molecular biology and genetics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Talbot, Nicholas J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors.
Preface.
1. Emerging themes in plant-pathogen interactions.
Nicholas J. Talbot, University of Exeter, UK.
2. Tobacco mosaic virus.
John Carr, University of Cambridge, UK.
3. Infection with potyviruses.
Minna-Liisa Rajamäki, Tuula Mäki-Valkama, KristiinaMäkinen and Jari Valkonen, Department of Applied Biology,University of Helsinki, Finland.
4. The Ralstonia solanacearum-plantinteraction.
Christian Boucher and Stéphane Genin, CNRS - INRA,Castanet Tolosa, France.
5. The Pseudomonas syringae-beaninteraction.
Susan S. Hirano and Christen D. Upper, University of Wisconsin,Madison, USA.
6. Fungal pathogenesis in the rice blast fungusMagnaporthe Grisea.
Chaoyang Xue, Lei Li, Kyeyong Seong and Jin-Rong Xu, Departmentof Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette,Indiana, USA.
7. The Ustilago maydis-maizeinteraction.
Maria D. Garcia-Pedrajas, Steven J. Klosterman, David L. Andrewsand Scott E. Gold, Department of Plant Pathology, University ofGeorgia, Athens, USA.
8. Blumeria graminis f. sp hordei, an obligatepathogen of barley.
Maike Both and Pietro D. Spanu, Department of BiologicalSciences, Imperial College, London, UK.
9. The Phytophthora infestans-potatointeraction.
Pieter van West, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology,University of Aberdeen, UK and Vivianne G.A.A.Vleeshouwers,Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Wageningen University, TheNetherlands.
References.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Nicholas J. Talbot is at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter, UK