Fungal Pathogenesis in Plants and Crops: Molecular Biology and Host Defense Mechanisms, Second Edition / Edition 2

by P. Vidhyasekaran

Overview

Dramatic progress in molecular biology and genetic engineering has recently produced an unparalleled wealth of information on the mechanisms of plant and pathogen interactions at the cellular and molecular levels. Completely revised and expanded, Fungal Pathogenesis in Plants and Crops: Molecular Biology and Host Defense Mechanisms, Second Edition offers fresh insight into the interplay of signaling systems in plant and pathogen interactions. The book delineates the battle between plant and fungal pathogen and the complex signaling systems involved.

See what's new in the Second Edition:

Chapter on the role of disease resistance genes in signal perception and emission

Chapter on cell death signaling in disease susceptibility and resistance

Revised material on phytoalexins, toxins, and signal perception and transduction in fungal pathogenesis

17 additional families of pathogenesis-related proteins and antifungal proteins

The book describes the weapons used by fungal pathogens to evade or suppress the host defense mechanisms. It covers each fungal infection process from initial contact and penetration to the subsequent invasion and symptom development. The author explains complex signaling systems in the plant-pathogen interface with flow charts and provides drawings elucidating the biosynthetic pathway of secondary metabolites. He includes figures that highlight cutting-edge breakthroughs in molecular science and tables documenting important findings in the field of molecular plant pathology. These features and more make this book not only the most up to date resource in the field, but also the most important.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849398674
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/09/2007
Series:	Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	534
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Perception and Transduction of Plant Signals in Pathogens. Perception and Transduction of Pathogen Signals in Plants. Disease Resistance and Susceptibility Genes in Signal Perception and Emission. Cell Death Programs during Fungal Pathogenesis. Cell Wall Degradation and Fortification. Induction and Evasion of Pathogenesis-Related Proteins. Evasion and Detoxification of Secondary Metabolites. Toxins in Disease Symptom Development. Index