Fungal disease resistance in plants : biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetic engineering /
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| Imprint: | New York : Food Products Press, c2004. |
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| Description: | xix, 266 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5637396 |
Table of Contents:
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Signal Transduction in Plant Defense Responses to Fungal Infection
- Introduction and Background
- Signals and Signal Delivery in Plant-Fungus/Oomycete Interactions
- Signal Perception-A Complex Matter
- Cellular Signaling-A Matter of Networks
- Conclusions
- Chapter 2. Cellular Expression of Resistance to Fungal Plant Pathogens
- Introduction
- Background
- Detailed Review
- Use of Transgenic Plants to Study Expression of Resistance at the Cellular Level
- Current Work in Our Laboratory
- Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 3. The Hypersensitive Response and Its Role in Disease Resistance
- Introduction
- Features of the Hypersensitive Response
- Proteins Involved in Pathogen Recognition and Initiation of HR Cell Death
- Small Molecules Involved in Signaling and Execution of HR Cell Death
- Negative Regulatory Components
- Is Protein Degradation Important for Execution of HR Cell Death?
- The Role of Cell Organelles in HR Induction
- Is HR Cell Death Required for Resistance?
- Do Plant Pathogens Modulate the HR in an Active Manner?
- Development of Transgenic Plants: Exploitation of HR for Disease Control
- Conclusions and Future Directions
- Chapter 4. Fungal (A)Virulence Factors at the Crossroads of Disease Susceptibility and Resistance
- Introduction
- Background
- Fungal (A)Virulence Genes with Genotype and Species Specificity
- Pathogens with Evolved Mechanisms to Counteract Plant Defense Responses
- Plant Genes that Confer Resistance Toward Fungi and Oomycetes
- Perception of Avr Gene Products by Resistant Plant Genotypes
- Development of Transgenic Plants that Display Broad Resistance Against Pathogens
- Conclusions and Future Directions
- Chapter 5. Pathogenesis-Related Proteins and Their Roles in Resistance to Fungal Pathogens
- Introduction
- Classification of PR Proteins
- Nondefense Functions of PR Proteins and PR-Like Proteins
- Natural and Synthetic Elicitors of PR-Protein Genes
- Mechanisms That Protect Pathogens from PR Proteins
- Transgenic Plants Expressing Single Genes for PR Proteins
- Transgenic Plants with Combinations of PR Proteins
- Conclusions
- Chapter 6. Induced Plant Resistance to Fungal Pathogens: Mechanisms and Practical Applications
- Introduction
- Background
- Mechanisms of Induced Resistance to Fungal Pathogens
- The Application of Induced Resistance
- Transgenic Plants and Induced Resistance to Fungi
- Current Research Program on Induced Resistance in Cucumber
- Conclusions
- Chapter 7. Genetic Engineering of Plants to Enhance Resistance to Fungal Pathogens
- Introduction
- Genetic Engineering Approaches
- Activation of Plant Defense Responses
- Resistance Genes (R Genes)
- Challenges
- Index
