Induced Resistance to Disease in Plants

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Induced Resistance in Legumes

   • B. J. Deverall, E. K. Dann

   Pages 1-30

3. Induced resistance in the Solanaceae

   • Olga L. Ozeretskovskaya

   Pages 31-62

4. Induced resistance in Cucurbits

   • R. Hammerschmidt, P. Yang-Cashman

   Pages 63-85

5. Induced Disease Resistance in Monocots

   • Ulrike Steiner, F. Schönbeck

   Pages 86-110

6. Molecular regulation of Systemic Induced Resistance

   • Bruce A. Stermer

   Pages 111-140

7. Thoughts on the Role and Evolution of Induced Resistance in natural ecosystems, and its relationship to other Types of Plant defenses against disease

   • Michéle C. Heath

   Pages 141-151

8. Practical Application and Implementation of Induced Resistance

   • Sadik Tuzun, Joseph Kloepper

   Pages 152-168

9. Induced Systemic Resistance — An Overview

   • Joseph Kuć

   Pages 169-175

10. Back Matter

    Pages 176-183

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Induced or acquired resistance to disease in plants has been known for many years, but the phenomenon was studied in only a few laboratories until about a decade ago. Since then, there has been an increasing interest in induced resistance as a new, environmentally safe means of disease control, as well as a model for the study of the genes involved in host defence and the signals that control them.
This increased interest led the editors of Induced Resistance to Disease in Plants to collect and summarise much of the current and older literature on the topic in a single volume. Each chapter covers its topic as comprehensively as possible, thus serving as a solid introduction to the literature, as well as expressing its writer's own views on the state of research in the area and giving an indication of where future research may lead.
Induced Resistance to Disease in Plants addresses the biology of induced resistance in legumes, solanaceae, cucurbits and monocots, since these are the families that have received the most attention, followed by a discussion of the molecular basis of induced resistance, its genetic and evolutionary significance, and practical applications in disease control.
The book will provide a background for those commencing work in the area, as well as a source of information for established workers who wish to learn about other areas of induced resistance.

• Solanaceae
• biology
• evolution
• plant
• plants

• Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

  Raymond Hammerschmidt

• Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA

  Joseph Kuć

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