Breeding for Disease Resistance

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-1

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2. Past, present and future opportunities in breeding for disease resistance, with examples from wheat

   • Roy Johnson

   Pages 3-22

3. Gene banks and their contribution to the breeding of disease resistant cultivars

   • N. L. Innes

   Pages 23-31

4. Disease resistance in protected crops and mushrooms

   • J. T. Fletcher

   Pages 33-49

5. Multiple resistance to diseases and pests in potatoes

   • G. J. Jellis

   Pages 51-58

6. Resistance to cane and foliar diseases in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus) and related species

   • B. Williamson, D. L. Jennings

   Pages 59-70

7. Leaf glucosinolate profiles and their relationship to pest and disease resistance in oilseed rape

   • Richard Mithen

   Pages 71-83

8. Resistance of cowpea and cereals to the parasitic angiosperm Striga

   • J. A. Lane, J. A. Bailey

   Pages 85-93

9. The role of resistance breeding in the integrated control of downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) in protected lettuce

   • Ian R. Crute

   Pages 95-102

10. Pre-emptive breeding to control wheat rusts

    • R. A. McIntosh

    Pages 103-113

11. Durable resistance to rice blast disease — environmental influences

    • J. M. Bonman

    Pages 115-123

12. Barley mildew in Europe: population biology and host resistance

    • M. S. Wolfe, U. Brändle, B. Koller, E. Limpert, J. M. McDermott, K. Müller et al.

    Pages 125-139

13. Discovery, characterization and exploitation of Mlo powdery mildew resistance in barley

    • J. Helms Jørgensen

    Pages 141-152

14. Analysis of durable resistance to stem rust in barley

    • Brian J. Steffenson

    Pages 153-167

15. Novel pathotypes of lettuce mosaic virus — breakdown of a durable resistance?

    • D. A. C. Pink, H. Lot, R. Johnson

    Pages 169-174

16. The genetics of plant-virus interactions: implications for plant breeding

    • R. S. S. Fraser

    Pages 175-185

17. Transgenic potato plants resistant to viruses

    • Marianne J. Huisman, Ben J. C. Cornelissen, Erik Jongedijk

    Pages 187-197

18. Back Matter

    Pages 199-205

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There is an increasing need for an understanding of the fundamental processes involved in the mechanisms by which disease resistances are introduced into crop plants. This book provides a wide-ranging coverage of the successes and failures of the classical techniques; it describes the advances towards modern technology and addresses the problems of pathogen variation. Crop plants that are considered include: cereals (wheat, barley, rice), potatoes, vegetables and soft fruits.

• Pathogen
• crop plants
• crops
• plant
• plants
• wheat

• Cambridge Laboratory, Norwich, UK

  R. Johnson

• Plant Breeding International Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

  G. J. Jellis

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