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· 제목 : Fungal Disease Resistance in Plants: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetic Engineering (Paperback)
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 기술공학 > 기술공학 > 농업 > 일반
· ISBN : 9781560229612
· 쪽수 : 286쪽
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 기술공학 > 기술공학 > 농업 > 일반
· ISBN : 9781560229612
· 쪽수 : 286쪽
목차
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Foreword (Sophien Kamoun)
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Signal Transduction in Plant Defense Responses to Fungal Infection (Dierk Scheel and Thorsten Nuernberger)
- Introduction and Background
- Signals and Signal Delivery in Plant-Fungus/Oomycete Interactions
- Signal Perception—A Complex Matter
- Cellular Signaling—A Matter of Networks
- Conclusions
- Chapter 2. Cellular Expression of Resistance to Fungal Plant Pathogens (Denny G. Mellersh and Michèle C. Heath)
- Introduction
- Background
- Detailed Review
- Use of Transgenic Plants to Study Expression of Resistance at the Cellular Level
- Current Work in Our Laboratory
- Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 3. The Hypersensitive Response and Its Role in Disease Resistance (Hans-Peter Stuible and Erich Kombrink)
- Introduction
- Features of the Hypersensitive Response
- Proteins Involved in Pathogen Recognition and Initiation of HR Cell Death
- Small Molecules Involved in Signaling and Execution of HR Cell Death
- Negative Regulatory Components
- Is Protein Degradation Important for Execution of HR Cell Death?
- The Role of Cell Organelles in HR Induction
- Is HR Cell Death Required for Resistance?
- Do Plant Pathogens Modulate the HR in an Active Manner?
- Development of Transgenic Plants: Exploitation of HR for Disease Control
- Conclusions and Future Directions
- Chapter 4. Fungal (A)Virulence Factors at the Crossroads of Disease Susceptibility and Resistance (N. Westerink, M. H. A. J. Joosten, and P. J. G. M. de Wit)
- Introduction
- Background
- Fungal (A)Virulence Genes with Genotype and Species Specificity
- Pathogens with Evolved Mechanisms to Counteract Plant Defense Responses
- Plant Genes that Confer Resistance Toward Fungi and Oomycetes
- Perception of Avr Gene Products by Resistant Plant Genotypes
- Development of Transgenic Plants That Display Broad Resistance Against Pathogens
- Conclusions and Future Directions
- Chapter 5. Pathogenesis-Related Proteins and Their Roles in Resistance to Fungal Pathogens (Jayaraman Jayaraj, Ajith Anand, and Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan)
- Introduction
- Classification of PR Proteins
- Nondefense Functions of PR Proteins and PR-Like Proteins
- Natural and Synthetic Elicitors of PR-Protein Genes
- Mechanisms That Protect Pathogens from PR Proteins
- Transgenic Plants Expressing Single Genes for PR Proteins
- Transgenic Plants with Combinations of PR Proteins
- Conclusions
- Chapter 6. Induced Plant Resistance to Fungal Pathogens: Mechanisms and Practical Applications (Ray Hammerschmidt)
- Introduction
- Background
- Mechanisms of Induced Resistance to Fungal Pathogens
- The Application of Induced Resistance
- Transgenic Plants and Induced Resistance to Fungi
- Current Research Program on Induced Resistance in Cucumber
- Conclusions
- Chapter 7. Genetic Engineering of Plants to Enhance Resistance to Fungal Pathogens (Zamir K. Punja)
- Introduction
- Genetic Engineering Approaches
- Activation of Plant Defense Responses
- Resistance Genes (R Genes)
- Challenges
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
