Overview
Many fungi and bacteria that associate with plants are potentially harmful and can cause disease, while others enter into mutually beneficial sym bioses. Co-evolution of plants with pathogenic and symbiotic microbes has lead to refined mechanisms of reciprocal recognition, defense and counter defense. Genes in both partners determine and regulate these mechanisms. A detailed understanding of these genes provides basic biological insights as well as a starting point for developing novel methods of crop protection against pathogens. This volume deals with defense-related genes of plants and their regulation as well as with the genes of microbes involved in their interaction with plants. Our discussion begins at the level of populations and addresses the complex interaction of plant and microbial genes in multigenic disease resistance and its significance for crop protection as compared to mono genic resistance (Chap. 1). Although monogenic disease resistance may have its problems in the practice of crop protection, it is appealing to the experimentalist: in the so-called gene-for-gene systems, single genes in the plant and in the pathogen specify the compatibility or incompatibility of an interaction providing an ideal experimental system for studying events at the molecular level (Chaps. 2 and 4). Good progress has been made in identifying viral, bacterial, and fungal genes important in virulence and host range (Chaps. 3-6). An important aspect of plant-microbe interactions is the exchange of chemical signals. Microbes can respond to chemical signals of plant origin.
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Author: Thomas Boller ,
Frederick Meins
Publisher: Springer Verlag GmbH
Imprint: Springer Verlag GmbH
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 0.661kg
ISBN: 9783709173800
ISBN 10: 3709173809
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 03 October 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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"""... highly recommended to the active researcher in molecular plant pathology who needs a lucid overview of the key areas in the field ... a readily accessible introduction to the field for those teaching advanced level courses ... The contributions are of very high quality ...” Trends in Genetics ""... a milestone from which future progress towards understanding disease resistance in plants will be measured ...” Trends in Microbiology"
... highly recommended to the active researcher in molecular plant pathology who needs a lucid overview of the key areas in the field ... a readily accessible introduction to the field for those teaching advanced level courses ... The contributions are of very high quality ... Trends in Genetics ... a milestone from which future progress towards understanding disease resistance in plants will be measured ... Trends in Microbiology
