In recent years, our understanding of the mechanisms involved in plant resistance to disease has seen major advances. This important volume provides cutting-edge reviews on major aspects of plant immunity from many of the world’s leading researchers in the area. It is essential reading for all those studying plant-pathogen interactions, including plant and agricultural scientists, molecular biologists, geneticists, and microbiologists. Libraries in all universities and research establishments where biological and agricultural sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this important volume on their shelves. Coverage includes establishment of disease by microbial pathogens; genomic approaches to understanding host-pathogen interactions; local and systemic resistance signaling; activities of small bioactive molecules; and plant-insect ecology.

Molecular Aspects of Plant Disease Resistance

Chapter 1: A personal perspective of the last 40 years of Plant Pathology: Emerging themes, paradigm shifts, and future promise

Michele C. Heath

Chapter 2: Pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMP) and PAMP-triggered immunity

Thorsten Nürnberger and Birgit Kemmerling

Chapter 3: Pseudomonas syringae type III-secreted proteins and their activities and effects on plant innate immunity

Byeong-ryool Jeong, Karin van Dijk and James R. Alfano

Chapter 4: Establishment of fungal and oomycete biotrophy

Mark de Jong and Guido van den Ackerveken

Chapter 5: Genome biology cracks enigmas of oomycete plant pathogens

Klaas Bouwmeester, Pieter M.J.A. van Poppel and Francine Govers

Chapter 6: Plant-virus interactions: Defense and counter-defense

Matthew Lewsey, Peter Palukaitis and John Carr

Chapter 7: Marshalling the troops: Intracellular dynamics in plant-pathogen defense

Kristoffer Palma, Marcel Wiermer and Xin Li

Chapter 8: Role of plant secondary metabolites at the host-pathogen interface

Pawel Bednarek & Paul Schulze-Lefert

Chapter 9: Chemical ecology of plant-insect interactions

Axel Mithöfer , Wilhelm Boland and Massimo E. Maffei

Chapter 10: Lipid signals in plant-pathogen interactions

Jyoti Shah and Ratnesh Chaturvedi

Chapter 11: Induced resistance – orchestrating defense mechanisms through cross-talk and priming

Sjoerd van der Ent, Juriaan Ton, Annemart Koorneef and Corné M.J. Pieterse

Publish Date: 2009
Format: 6.25" x 9.5" hardcover
Pages: 385
Images: 39 images
Publication Weight: 3 lbs