Fungal pathogenesis in plants and crops : molecular biology and host defense mechanisms / P. Vidhyasekaran
Imprint
Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2008
Edition
2nd ed
Descript
xxiii, 509 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
CONTENT
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
SUBJECT
Fungal diseases of plants
Plant molecular biology
Plant-pathogen relationships
Plants -- Disease and pest resistance -- Molecular aspects