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Active Defense Mechanisms in Plants (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982)
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Active Defense Mechanisms in Plants (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982)
Series: NATO Science Series A:, 37
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A NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Active Defence Mechanisms in
Plants" was held at Cape Sounion, Greece, 21 April - 3 May 1981. It
succeeded a similar Institute held at Porte Conte, Sardinia in 1975
on "Specificity in Plant Diseases. " What are active defence
mechanisms in the context of plant disease in which a plant, the
host, may be damaged by a pathogen? Defence mechanisms comprise
properties of the host that decrease this damage. The mechanisms
are passive when they are independent of the pathogen. They are
active when they follow changes in the host caused by the pathogen.
Thus for a fungal pathogen, cell walls of a higher plant which are
lignified before infection would be a passive defence mechanism if
they decreased damage by impeding growth of the fungus. Cell walls
known to become lignified as a response to the pathogen would be an
active defence mechanism if it were established that this response
decreased damage. The papers and discussions at this Advanced Study
Institute were about active defence mechanisms in higher plants,
mainly econo mically important crop plants, against fungi, bacteria
and viruses as pathogens. Taking the microorganisms first it is a
truism but one that bears repeating that although plants almost
always grow in close association with a wide variety of fungi and
bacteria, often of types that can be pathogens, they rarely become
diseased, at least not sufficiently so as to attract notice."
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Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
NATO Science Series A:, 37 |
Release date: |
December 2012 |
First published: |
1982 |
Editors: |
R Wood
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Dimensions: |
244 x 170 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
381 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4615-8311-0 |
Categories: |
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Science & Mathematics >
Biology, life sciences >
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LSN: |
1-4615-8311-X |
Barcode: |
9781461583110 |
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