Overview
- Investigations on various aspects of plant-pathology interactions have the ultimate aim of providing information that may be useful for the development of effective crop disease management systems
- Molecular techniques have accelerated the formulation of short-management long-term strategies of disease management, and have been practiced extensively by quarantines and certification programs with a decisive advantage
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Investigations on various aspects of plant-pathogen interactions have the ultimate aim of providing information that may be useful for the development of effective crop disease management systems. Molecular techniques have accelerated the formulation of short- and long-term strategies of disease management. Exclusion and eradication of plant pathogens by rapid and precise detection and identification of microbial pathogens in symptomatic and asymptomatic plants and planting materials by employing molecular methods has been practiced extensively by quarantines and certification programs with a decisive advantage. Identification of sources of resistance genes, cloning and characterization of desired resistance genes and incorporation of resistance gene(s) into cultivars and transformation of plants with selected gene(s) have been successfully performed by applying appropriate molecular techniques. Induction of resistance in susceptible cultivars by using biotic and abiotic inducers ofresistance is a practical proposition for several crops whose resistance levels could not be improved by breeding or transformation procedures. The risks of emergence of pathogen strains less sensitive or resistant to chemicals have been reduced appreciably by rapid identification of resistant strains and monitoring the occurrence of such strains in different geographical locations.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Molecular Biology in Plant Pathogenesis and Disease Management:
Book Subtitle: Disease Management, Volume 3
Authors: P. Narayanasamy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8247-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8246-7Published: 12 June 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7819-3Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8247-4Published: 29 April 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 322
Topics: Plant Pathology, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Microbiology, Plant Physiology