Annual Plant Reviews, Plant-Pathogen InteractionsNicholas J. Talbot 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. |
Contents
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2 Tobacco mosaic virus John Peter Carr | 27 |
3 Infection with potyviruses MinnaLiisa Rajamäki Tuula MäkiValkama Kristiina Mäkinen and Jari PT Valkonen | 68 |
4 The Ralstonia solanacearumplant interaction Christian Boucher and Stéphane Genin | 92 |
5 The Pseudomonas syringaebean system Susan S Hirano and Christen D Upper | 113 |
6 Fungal pathogenesis in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea Chaoyang Xue Lei Li Kyeyong Seong and JinRong Xu | 138 |
7 The Ustilago maydismaize interaction Maria D GarciaPedrajas Steven J Klosterman David L Andrews and Scott E Gold | 166 |
8 Blumeria graminis f sp hordei an obligate pathogen of barley Maike Both and Pietro D Spanu | 202 |
9 The Phytophthora infestanspotato interaction Pieter van West and Vivianne GAA Vleeshouwers | 219 |
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