Biotechnology and plant disease management /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Plant diseases.; Plant biotechnology.; Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Host Resistance and Immunity.; Other Control Measures.; Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002); Plants.; Biotechnology.; Disease resistance.; Genetic engineering.; Genetic transformation.; Genetically engineered organisms.; Induced resistance.; Plant disease control.; Plant pathogens.; Transgenic plants.; Electronic books.
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This publication is divided into 4 sections that cover topics on: unravelling microbe-plant interactions for applications to disease management; molecular diagnostics of plant pathogens for disease management; enhancing resistance of plants to pathogens for disease management; and understanding micr...

Table of Contents:

• Signal transduction pathways and disease resistant genes and their applications to fungal disease control / T. Xing
• Modulating quorum sensing and type III secretion systems in bacterial plant pathogens for disease management / C.-H. Yang and S. Yang
• Application of biotechnology to understand pathogenesis in nematode plant pathogens / M.G. Mitchum, R.S. Hussey, E.L. Davis and T.J. Baum
• Interactions between plant and virus proteomes in susceptible hosts : identification of new targets for antiviral strategies / H. Sanfaçon and J. Jovel
• Mechanisms of plant virus evolution and identification of genetic bottlenecks : impact on disease management / M.J. Roossinck and A. Ali
• Molecular understanding of viroid replication cycles and identification of targets for disease management / R.A. Owens
• Molecular diagnostics of soilborne fungal pathogens / C.A. Lévesque
• Molecular detection strategies for phytopathogenic bacteria / S.H. De Boer, J.G. Elphinstone and G.S. Saddler
• Molecular diagnostics of plant-parasitic nematodes / R.N. Perry, S.A. Subbotin and M. Moens
• Molecular diagnostic methods for plant viruses / A. Olmos, N. Capote, E. Bertolini and M. Cambra
• Molecular identification and diversity of phytoplasmas / G. Firrao, L. Conci and R. Locci
• Molecular detection of plant viroids / R.P. Singh
• Application of cationic antimicrobial peptides for management of plant diseases / S. Misra and A. Bhargava
• Molecular breeding approaches for enhanced resistance against fungal pathogens / R.E. Knox and F.R. Clarke
• Protein-mediated resistance to plant viruses / J.F. Uhrig
• Transgenic virus resistance using homology-dependent RNA silencing and the impact of mixed virus infections / M. Ravelonandro
• Molecular characterization of endogenous plant virus resistance genes / F.C. Lanfermeijer and J. Hille
• Potential for recombination and creation of new viruses in transgenic plants expressing viral genes : real or perceived risk? / M. Fuchs
• Virus-resistant transgenic papaya : commercial development and regulatory and environmental issues / J.Y. Suzuki, S. Tripathi and D. Gonsalves
• Potential disease control strategies revealed by genome sequencing and functional genetics of plant pathogenic bacteria / A.O. Charkowski
• Molecular assessment of soil microbial communities with potential for plant disease suppression / J.D. van Elsas and R. Costa
• Enhancing biological control efficacy of yeasts to control fungal diseases through biotechnology / G. Marchand, G. Clément-Mathieu, B. Neveu and R.R. Bélanger
• Molecular insights into plant virus-vector interactions / D. Rochon.