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Thomas Boller
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Botanisches Institut, Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Frederick Meins
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Friedrich Miescher Institut, Basel, Switzerland
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Resistance and Susceptibility Genes of Plants
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- Martin S. Wolfe, Cesare Gessler
Pages 3-23
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Virulence and Avirulence Genes of Pathogens
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- Michael A. Djordjevic, Barry G. Rolfe, Wendy Lewis-Henderson
Pages 51-83
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- Noel T. Keen, William O. Dawson
Pages 85-114
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- Flora Banuett, Ira Herskowitz
Pages 115-128
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- Willi Schäfer, Dietmar Stahl, Enrico Mönke
Pages 129-151
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Perception of Pathogens and Signal Transduction
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Front Matter
Pages 153-153
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- Jürgen Ebel, Dierk Scheel
Pages 183-205
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Plant Genes Induced in the Defense Reaction
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Front Matter
Pages 207-207
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- John R. Cutt, Daniel F. Klessig
Pages 209-243
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- Frederick Meins Jr., Christoph Sperisen, Jean-Marc Neuhaus, John Ryals
Pages 245-282
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- F. Garcia-Olmedo, M. J. Carmona, J. J. Lopez-Fando, J. A. Fernandez, A. Castagnaro, A. Molina et al.
Pages 283-302
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Back Matter
Pages 353-368
About this book
Many fungi and bacteria that associate with plants are potentially harmful and can cause disease, while others enter into mutually beneficial sym bioses. Co-evolution of plants with pathogenic and symbiotic microbes has lead to refined mechanisms of reciprocal recognition, defense and counter defense. Genes in both partners determine and regulate these mechanisms. A detailed understanding of these genes provides basic biological insights as well as a starting point for developing novel methods of crop protection against pathogens. This volume deals with defense-related genes of plants and their regulation as well as with the genes of microbes involved in their interaction with plants. Our discussion begins at the level of populations and addresses the complex interaction of plant and microbial genes in multigenic disease resistance and its significance for crop protection as compared to mono genic resistance (Chap. 1). Although monogenic disease resistance may have its problems in the practice of crop protection, it is appealing to the experimentalist: in the so-called gene-for-gene systems, single genes in the plant and in the pathogen specify the compatibility or incompatibility of an interaction providing an ideal experimental system for studying events at the molecular level (Chaps. 2 and 4). Good progress has been made in identifying viral, bacterial, and fungal genes important in virulence and host range (Chaps. 3-6). An important aspect of plant-microbe interactions is the exchange of chemical signals. Microbes can respond to chemical signals of plant origin.
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"... highly recommended to the active researcher in molecular plant pathology who needs a lucid overview of the key areas in the field ... a readily accessible introduction to the field for those teaching advanced level courses ... The contributions are of very high quality ...” Trends in Genetics
"... a milestone from which future progress towards understanding disease resistance in plants will be measured ...” Trends in Microbiology
Editors and Affiliations
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Botanisches Institut, Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Thomas Boller
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Friedrich Miescher Institut, Basel, Switzerland
Frederick Meins
