Induced resistance for plant defence : a sustainable approach to crop protection /

Induced resistance for plant defence : a sustainable approach to crop protection /

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Imprint:	Oxford, UK ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Description:	xi, 258 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Plants -- Disease and pest resistance -- Genetic aspects. Plants -- Disease and pest resistance -- Molecular aspects. Plants -- Disease and pest resistance -- Genetic aspects. Plants -- Disease and pest resistance -- Molecular aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6660309

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Other authors / contributors:	Walters, Dale. Newton, Adrian C. Lyon, Gary (Gary D.)
ISBN:	9781405134477 (hardback : alk. paper) 140513447X (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Agents that can elicit induced resistance
3. Genomics in Induced Resistance
4. Signalling cascades involved in induced resistance
5. Mechanisms of defence to peste: biochemistry and physiology
6. Mechanisms for defence to pathogeng: biochemistry and physiology
7. Tools for unravelling induced resistance
8. Topical application of inducers for disease control
9. Microbial induction of resistance to pathogens
10. Transgenic approaches to understanding and exploiting induced resistance
11. Pathogen population biologn: exploiting interactions
12. Trade-offs associated with induced resistance
13. Integration of induced resistance in crop production systems
14. Socio-economic drivers determining the exploitation of induced resistance
15. Induced resistance in crop protection: the future