Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions - Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Associations, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 27-31, 1986 (Hardcover, 1987 ed.)

Increased interest in the basic biology of plants and microorganisms stems from the fact that crop productivity is directly affected by plant-microbe interactions. In spite of the fact that plants exist in the environment amongst diverse species of microorganisms, only a few ever establish a direct relationship. Emerging awareness concerning the indirect effect of microbial association on plant growth and the possibility of using one microbe against another for controlling pathogenic interactions is at the genesis of new fields of studies. The primary reason for a microbe to associate with. photoautotrophic organisms (plants) is to tap its nutritional requirements, fixed carbon, as a source of energy. By hook or by crook, a microbe must survive. Some have evolved mechanisms to exploit plants to develop a niche for their biotropic demands. When in contact with a living plant, microorganisms may live in a passive association using exudates from the plant, invade it pathogenically or coexist with it in symbiosis. The plant responds to the interloper, either reacting in a hypersensitive manner to contain the invasion of pathogens, or by inducing a set of genes that leads toward symbiosis, or by simply succumbing to the invader. Thus, prior to contact wi th the plant, mic roorganism is able to sense the presence of the host and activate accordingly a set of genes required for the forthcoming interaction, whether symbiotic or pathogenic."

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, 3
Release date:	July 2003
First published:	December 1986
Editors:	Desh Pal S. Verma • N. Brisson
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	338
Edition:	1987 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-90-247-3426-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Molecular biology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General
LSN:	90-247-3426-6
Barcode:	9789024734269

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