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Up-to-date, accurate information on recent developments in crop protection!

Fungal Disease Resistance in Plants: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetic Engineering presents the latest developments in crop protection from fungal infection. Leading experts in botany, plant breeding, and plant pathology contribute their knowledge to help reduce and possibly prevent new outbreaks of devastating crop epidemics caused by fungi. With exciting new advances in molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetic engineering, this informative book will help researchers, professors, and students further their understanding of plant defenses.

Fungal Disease Resistance in Plants is your guide to understanding the various barriers that plants have developed through evolution and adaptation to protect themselves from invading fungal pathogens. Defenses include physical barriers such as thick cell walls and chemical compounds expressed by the plant when attacked. Still other plants have acquired proteins that play an important role in defense. This book discusses these evolutionary traits and introduces new scientific techniques to engineer resistance in plants that have no built-in protection.

Fungal Disease Resistance in Plants explores:

cellular expression of resistance to fungal pathogens
the hypersensitive response and its role in disease resistance
induced plant resistance to fungal pathogens—mechanisms and practical
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pathogenesis-related proteins and their roles in resistance to fungal pathogens
signal transduction—plant networks, delivery, and response to fungal infection
fungus genes as they relate to disease susceptibility and resistance

Without intense research and scientific study, catastrophic harvest failures due to fungal diseases could cause food shortages, human and animal poisonings, and economic loss throughout the world. Augmented with tables, figures, and extensive references, this state-of-the-art source of research material is valuable for scientists and researchers in universities, private organizations, government institutions, and agricultural organizations interested in plant defenses and future crop preservation. ... Read more

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Until now, information on fungal protoplasts has been scattered throughout various sources. With authoritative reviews of protoplast isolation and applications in fungal biology research, Fungal Protoplasts: Applications in Biochemistry and Genetics is the first volume devoted to a major area in experimental mycology-fungal protoplasts.

Written by 18 pioneering experts, this unmatched, illustrated reference presents well-established knowledge of protoplast research as well as newer ideas and methods. The book encompasses advances in protoplast isolation techniques and methodology, uses of protoplasts in physiological, biochemical, and genetic studies, and developments in protoplast fusion that form the basis for transformation and gene cloning experiments, including applications in industrial biotechnology. This fact-filled book also features end-of-chapter bibliographies for further research. ... Read more

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Since publication of the first edition of Volume II in 1995, several developments in fungal molecular biology - such as fungal genome projects - have progressed tremendously. This in turn has affected fundamental genetics as well as biotechnology. To accommodate these developments, the second edition has been completely updated and all chapters have been revised. In addition, the volume contains five new chapters dealing with different aspects of fungal molecular genetics.

Topics include: Nuclear and extranuclear genetics; functional genomics; biotechnical genetics; yeasts and filamentous fungi. ... Read more

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Fungi belonging to the genera Trichoderma and Gliocladium are soil-borne saprophytes which have been used for industrial and agricultural applications for decades. Some strains produce enzymes and antibiotics while others are useful as biological agents for the protections of plants against pathogens. This first volume of two, gives a detailed account of the morphology and taxonomy of Trichoderma and Gliocladium, before discussing their ecology and basic biology. Molecular biological aspects examined include their genome and gene structure, genetic transformation and asexual genetics. A chapter on safety aspects is also included. ... Read more

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The population genetics and speciation of fungi is a rapidly developing field, heavily dependent upon the use of molecular markers. No basic text exists which describes the methods employed or the findings obtained from such investigations. This book is intended to provide such an account. It describes the methodologies employed and, for the benefit of the non-mycological reader, a brief introduction to basic fungal biology. Recent findings relating to processes in fungal populations - mutation, migration, recombination, heterokaryosis, hybridization, polyploidy, and the operation of selective forces are combined with traditional fungal biology. Finally the taxonomic problems raised by fungal species are discussed, together with the processes of speciation. ... Read more

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The pace of research on fungi has been accelerating over thepast decade. As a result, molecular, biochemical and cell biologicalstudies have opened up new areas of investigation for many of the mostimportant fungal pathogens of crop plants. Similarly, these approacheshave provided new information on fungal pathogens of animals andinsects, and on fungal endophytes. The collection of chapters in thisbook provides an excellent update on recent progress for many of theimportant plant pathogenic fungi that either cause significanteconomic problems or that serve as useful experimental organisms forgaining general insights. The inclusion of chapters on other fungiwill allow readers to make comparisons and draw parallels between avariety of pathogens. In this regard, this book provides a uniqueperspective that will be valuable to a wide range of readers fromsenior undergraduates to senior investigators. ... Read more

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Reviews and recent results of studies with medically important fungi. Throughout the volume, outstanding mycologists treat the ecological role of pathogenic fungi, how they cause disease, their interactions with the immune system, and their responses to antifungal agents. Most of the presented results are based on molecular biological approaches: areas where classical and descriptive methods are applied are also included.

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The Tottori International Symposia on Host-Specific Toxins wereestablished in 1988 by the Tottori University Faculty of Agricultureto provide an interdisciplinary forum for scientists working inrapidly emerging areas of studies of plant--fungal pathogeninteractions, especially involving host-specific toxins and relatedpathogenicity factors. Molecular Genetics of Host-Specific Toxins in Plant Disease isthe proceedings of the 3rd international symposium on host-specifictoxins held in August 1997 in Tottori, Japan. Up-to-date material ispresented in rapidly developing research areas such as new toxins,fungal genes for toxin biosynthesis, evolution of pathogenicstrategies, toxin actions on plants, toxin receptors, signaltransduction, oxidative burst, mechanisms of sensing, penetration andhost degradation, apoptosis triggered by toxins, and plant genes fordetoxification. This information has given researchers penetratinginsights into various aspects in the field. Molecular Genetics of Host-Specific Toxins in Plant Disease willbe a valuable up-to-date reference for researchers and students in theareas of plant pathology, plant protection, plant physiology andmolecular biology, fungal molecular genetics, and plant breeding andbiotechnology. ... Read more

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This volume contains a series of contributions from established European researchers which consider aspects of molecular variability in fungal pathogens. Chapters are derived from a workshop held in Evian, France, in September 1997, supported by the EU Concerted Action Air 3-CT94-2448. The volume is divided into three sections. The first includes contributions which consider and review the major mechanisms involved, the second details specific studies on variability in populations of different fungal pathogens, and the third includes contributions on methods for interpreting such variability. The workshop was intended to bring together methods and understanding from a wide range of fungal pathogens, and this is reflected in the volume where individual contributions include case studies and reviews of populations of fungi pathogenic on insects and nematodes as well as plant and human pathogens. The combination of mechanisms, characterisation and interpretation across a wide range of applied mycology makes this a significant general text for those working on molecular characterisation. The broad spectrum of topics provides a multidisciplinary reference source within mycology and the book will be suitable for postgraduate students and research scientists in applied mycology, including plant pathology, medical mycology and biological control. ... Read more

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Since publication of the first edition of Volume II in 1995, several developments in fungal molecular biology - such as fungal genome projects - have progressed tremendously. This in turn has affected fundamental genetics as well as biotechnology. To accommodate these developments, the second edition has been completely updated and all chapters have been revised. In addition, the volume contains five new chapters dealing with different aspects of fungal molecular genetics.

Topics include: Nuclear and extranuclear genetics; functional genomics; biotechnical genetics; yeasts and filamentous fungi.

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This digital document is an article from Science News, published by Science Service, Inc. on September 25, 2010. The length of the article is 2877 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Rust never sleeps: a new flare-up in an age-old battle between wheat and a fungal killer.(Report)
Author: Rachel Ehrenberg
Publication: Science News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 25, 2010
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Fungal Morphogenesis brings together in one book, for the first time, the full scope of fungal developmental biology. The book provides a coherent account of the subject and puts forward ideas that can provide a basis for future research. Throughout, the author blends together physiological, biochemical, structural and molecular descriptions within an evolutionary framework. Sufficient information is provided about fungal biology to give the reader a rounded view of the mycological context within which fungal morphogenesis is played out, without obscuring the broader biological significance. The author is careful to avoid jargon and demystifies technical terms. Written by one of the few people with the necessary breadth of research expertise to deal authoritatively with the wide range of topics presented, this book will appeal to developmental and cell biologists, microbiologists, and geneticists. ... Read more

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Pitch canker, caused by Gibberella circinata Nirenberg & O'Donnell, is a problem for pines in both native and planted stands. The aerial phase of the disease results in shoot and canopy dieback, whereas soil or seedborne inoculum can cause damping off of emerging seedlings. Based on the extent of lesion development on inoculated shoots, families of Pinus radiata have been shown to differ significantly in resistance to pitch canker. This study was undertaken to determine if these same families also differ in mortality caused by G. circinata at the seedling emergence stage. For this purpose, seeds treated with a suspension of G. circinata spores were planted in a greenhouse and rated for pitch canker induced mortality. Variation between families, in mortality of emerging seedlings, was significant but the observed variation was not significantly correlated with measures of resistance based on stem inoculation tests. This suggests that mechanisms limiting the development of stem lesions do not confer measurable resistance to the seedling phase of the disease and therefore that early exposure to the pathogen may compromise selection for resistance to pitch canker in stands of Pinus radiata. ... Read more

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Ruhr-Universitat, Bochum, Germany. Includes cellular issues related to growth, morphogenesis and pathogenicity; topical chapters on structure and function including hydrophobins, extracellular matrix, cell walls, cytoskeleton, and vacuoles; as well as a comprehensive overview on genomics. ... Read more

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Through the integration of bioinformatic, genetic, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic, phenomic and other massive datasets, genomics is revealing exciting new insights into fungal cell biology. The central theme of this volume is the strong impact that genomics is having upon our understanding of fungal biology, across a wide range of species, including model yeasts (such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe), filamentous fungi (such as Neurospora crassa and Aspergillus nidulans) and pathogenic fungi (such as Magnaporthe grisae, Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans and Histoplasma capsulatum).  World-renowned scientists address the following topics in these fungi: systems biology and evolution, circadian rhythms, apoptosis and stress responses, secretion, and environmental signalling networks. Particular emphasis is placed on fungal pathogenicity. Various genomic technologies are discussed, including genome-wide sequence comparisons, transcript profiling, proteomics, metabolomics and bioinformatics.

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In this second volume of a three-volume set (updating the seminal 1981 monograph The Molecular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces), the emphasis is on gene expression. A continuing theme of these monographs has been the extent to which basic biological processes have been conserved in the eukaryotic ... Read more