1. Edition - April 2004
182.- Euro
2004. 264 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1-4051-1433-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-1433-2 - John Wiley & Sons








Detailed description
Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 11


Plant diseases are destructive and threaten virtually any crop grown on a commercial scale. They are kept in check by plant breeding strategies that have introgressed disease resistance genes into many important crops, and by the deployment of costly control measures, such as antibiotics and fungicides. However, the capacity for the agents of plant disease - viruses, bacteria, fungi and oomycetes - to adapt to new conditions, overcoming disease resistance and becoming resistant to pesticides, is very great. For these reasons, understanding the biology of plant diseases is essential for the development of durable control strategies.





This volume provides an overview of our current knowledge of plant-pathogen interactions and the establishment of plant disease, drawing together fundamental new information on plant infection mechanisms and host responses. The role of molecular signals, gene regulation and the physiology of pathogenic organisms are emphasised, but the role of the prevailing environment in the conditioning of disease is also discussed.





This is a book for researchers and professionals in plant pathology, cell biology, molecular biology and genetics.

From the contents
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, Kristiina Mäkinen and Jari Valkonen, Department of Applied Biology, University of Helsinki, Finland.

4. The Ralstonia solanacearum-plant interaction.

Christian Boucher and Stéphane Genin, CNRS - INRA, Castanet Tolosa, France.

5. The Pseudomonas syringae-bean interaction.

Susan S. Hirano and Christen D. Upper, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

6. Fungal pathogenesis in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe Grisea.

Chaoyang Xue, Lei Li, Kyeyong Seong and Jin-Rong Xu, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.

7. The Ustilago maydis-maize interaction.

Maria D. Garcia-Pedrajas, Steven J. Klosterman, David L. Andrews and Scott E. Gold, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.

8. Blumeria graminis f. sp hordei, an obligate pathogen of barley.

Maike Both and Pietro D. Spanu, Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College, London, UK.

9. The Phytophthora infestans-potato interaction.

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, The Netherlands.

References.

Index