Molecular Biology in Plant Pathogenesis and Disease Management: [electronic resource] : Disease Development, Volume 2 /
Narayanasamy, P.author.
Studies on the phenomenon of plant pathogenesis (disease development) have been useful to have a deep insight into the interactions between host plant and the pathogen. Depending on the levels of susceptibility (compatibility) or resistance (incompatibility) of the host plant and virulence of the pathogen, disease development may progress, either leading to symptom expression or result in the suppression of pathogen proliferation. Molecular techniques have been applied to elucidate the nature of interactions between the gene products of the plant and pathogen at cellular and molecular levels. Successful evasion of host's surveillance system and subsequent activities of metabolites of the pathogen (enzymes and toxins) encoded by pathogen genes counteracting the effects of various defense-related antimicrobial compounds present already or produced by the host plants, after initiation of infection have been critically studied by applying various molecular techniques. In addition to studying various phases of disease development in individual plants, molecular methods have been demonstrated to be effective, in gathering data on various aspects of epidemiology under natural conditions where the interaction of pathogen with populations of plants is influenced significantly by the environmental conditions existing in different ecosystems. This volume focuses on the possibility of applying the knowledge on pathogenesis and molecular epidemiology to determine the vulnerable stages in the life cycles of the pathogens that can be disrupted to achieve more effective disease control.
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CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgement; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Disease Development in Individual Plants; 1.2 Disease Development in Populations of Plants; References; 2 Molecular Biology of Plant Disease Development; 2.1 Fungal Pathogens; 2.2 Bacterial Pathogens; 2.3 Phytoplasmal Pathogens; 2.4 Viral Pathogens; 2.5 Viroids; Appendix 1: Detection of Components of the Extracellular Matrix of Germinating Spores of Stagonospora nodorum (Zelinger et al. 2004)
Appendix 2: Separation of the Fungal Chromosomal DNA ContainingToxin Gene(s) of Alternaria alternata by Pulsed Field GelElectrophoresis (Masunaka et al. 2005)References; 3 Molecular Ecology and Epidemiology; 3.1 Viral Pathogens; 3.2 Fungal Pathogens; 3.3 Bacterial Pathogens; 3.4 Genomics and Disease Resistance; References; Glossary; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Studies on the phenomenon of plant pathogenesis (disease development) have been useful to have a deep insight into the interactions between host plant and the pathogen. Depending on the levels of susceptibility (compatibility) or resistance (incompatibility) of the host plant and virulence of the pathogen, disease development may progress, either leading to symptom expression or result in the suppression of pathogen proliferation. Molecular techniques have been applied to elucidate the nature of interactions between the gene products of the plant and pathogen at cellular and molecular levels. Successful evasion of host's surveillance system and subsequent activities of metabolites of the pathogen (enzymes and toxins) encoded by pathogen genes counteracting the effects of various defense-related antimicrobial compounds present already or produced by the host plants, after initiation of infection have been critically studied by applying various molecular techniques. In addition to studying various phases of disease development in individual plants, molecular methods have been demonstrated to be effective, in gathering data on various aspects of epidemiology under natural conditions where the interaction of pathogen with populations of plants is influenced significantly by the environmental conditions existing in different ecosystems. This volume focuses on the possibility of applying the knowledge on pathogenesis and molecular epidemiology to determine the vulnerable stages in the life cycles of the pathogens that can be disrupted to achieve more effective disease control.
Plant science.
Botany.
Microbiology.
Plant pathology.
Plant genetics.
Plant physiology.
Plant Sciences.
Microbiology.
Plant Pathology.
Plant Genetics and Genomics.
Plant Physiology.