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Mechanisms of Resistance to Plant Diseases

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. R. S. S. Fraser

    1. Biochemistry Section, National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne, Warwick, UK

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Part of the book series: Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology (AABI, volume 17)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Some Basic Concepts and Definitions in Resistance Studies

    • R. S. S. Fraser
    Pages 1-12

  3. Host-Range Control and Non-Host Immunity to Viruses

    • R. S. S. Fraser
    Pages 13-28

  4. Non-Host Resistance to Fungi

    • J. P. Ride
    Pages 29-61

  5. Genetics of Host Resistance to Viruses and of Virulence

    • R. S. S. Fraser
    Pages 62-79

  6. The Genetic Bases of Relationships between Microbial Parasites and their Hosts

    • I. R. Crute
    Pages 80-142

  7. Mechanisms Involved in Genetically Controlled Resistance and Virulence: Virus Diseases

    • R. S. S. Fraser
    Pages 143-196

  8. Mechanisms by Which Genetically Controlled Resistance and Virulence Influence Host Colonization by Fungal and Bacterial Parasites

    • I. R. Crute, P. J. G. M. De Wit, M. Wade
    Pages 197-309

  9. Resistance and Pathogenicity: Epidemiological and Ecological Mechanisms

    • M. J. Jeger, J. V. Groth
    Pages 310-372

  10. Mechanisms of Induced Resistance to Virus Disease

    • R. S. S. Fraser
    Pages 373-404

  11. Induced Resistance to Fungal and Bacterial Diseases

    • P. J. G. M. De Wit
    Pages 405-424

  12. Present and Future Prospects for Exploitation of Resistance in Crop Protection by Novel Means

    • A. G. Hepburn, M. Wade, R. S. S. Fraser
    Pages 425-452

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 453-462
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About this book

Plant resistance to pathogens is one of the most important strategies of disease control. Knowledge of resistance mechanisms, and of how to exploit them, has made a significant contribution to agricultural productivity. However, the continuous evolution of new variants of pathogen, ana additional control problems posed by new crops and agricultural methods, creates a need for a corresponding increase in our understanding of resistance and ability to utilize it. The study of resistance mechanisms also has attractions from a purely academic point of view. First there is the breadth of the problem, which can be approached at the genetical, molecular, cellular, whole plant or population lev~ls. Often there is the possibility of productive exchange of ideas between different disciplines. Then there is the fact that despite recent advances, many of the mechanisms involved have still to be fully elucidated. Finally, and compared with workers in other areas of biology, the student of resistance is twice blessed in having as his subject the interaction of two or more organisms, with the intriguing problems of recognition, specificity and co-evolution which this raises.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Biochemistry Section, National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne, Warwick, UK

    R. S. S. Fraser

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mechanisms of Resistance to Plant Diseases

  • Editors: R. S. S. Fraser

  • Series Title: Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5145-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3204-3Published: 30 September 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8776-6Published: 02 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5145-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 462

  • Topics: Plant Sciences

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