Biotechnology and Plant Disease Management

Zamir K Punja, Solke De Boer, Helene I Sanfacon1845932889, 978-1-84593-288-6, 9781845933104

Table of contents :
Contents……Page 5
Contributors……Page 9
1 Signal Transduction Pathways and Disease Resistant Genes and Their Applications to Fungal Disease Control……Page 13
2 Modulating Quorum Sensing and Type III Secretion Systems in Bacterial Plant Pathogens for Disease Management……Page 28
3 Application of Biotechnology to Understand Pathogenesis in Nematode Plant Pathogens……Page 70
4 Interactions Between Plant and Virus Proteomes in Susceptible Hosts: Identification of New Targets for Antiviral Strategies……Page 101
5 Mechanisms of Plant Virus Evolution and Identification of Genetic Bottlenecks: Impact on Disease Management……Page 123
6 Molecular Understanding of Viroid Replication Cycles and Identification of Targets for Disease Management……Page 139
7 Molecular Diagnostics of Soilborne Fungal Pathogens……Page 160
8 Molecular Detection Strategies for Phytopathogenic Bacteria……Page 179
9 Molecular Diagnostics of Plant-parasitic Nematodes……Page 209
10 Molecular Diagnostic Methods for Plant Viruses……Page 241
11 Molecular Identification and Diversity of Phytoplasmas……Page 264
12 Molecular Detection of Plant Viroids……Page 291
13 Application of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides for Management of Plant Diseases……Page 315
14 Molecular Breeding Approaches for Enhanced Resistance Against Fungal Pathogens……Page 335
15 Protein-mediated Resistance to Plant Viruses……Page 372
16 Transgenic Virus Resistance Using Homology-dependent RNA Silencing and the Impact of Mixed Virus Infections……Page 388
17 Molecular Characterization of Endogenous Plant Virus Resistance Genes……Page 409
18 Potential for Recombination and Creation of New Viruses in Transgenic Plants Expressing Viral Genes: Real or Perceived Risk?……Page 430
19 Virus-resistant Transgenic Papaya: Commercial Development and Regulatory and Environmental Issues……Page 450
20 Potential Disease Control Strategies Revealed by Genome Sequencing and Functional Genetics of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria……Page 476
21 Molecular Assessment of Soil Microbial Communities with Potential for Plant Disease Suppression……Page 512
22 Enhancing Biological Control Efficacy of Yeasts to Control Fungal Diseases Through Biotechnology……Page 532
23 Molecular Insights into Plant Virus–Vector Interactions……Page 547
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M……Page 585
P……Page 586
T……Page 587
V……Page 588
Y……Page 589
Colour plates for Figs 3.1 and 3.2……Page 77
Colour plates for Fig. 22.3……Page 543