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Genes Involved in Plant Defense (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
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Genes Involved in Plant Defense (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
Series: Plant Gene Research
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Many fungi and bacteria that associate with plants are potentially
harmful and can cause disease, while others enter into mutually
beneficial sym bioses. Co-evolution of plants with pathogenic and
symbiotic microbes has lead to refined mechanisms of reciprocal
recognition, defense and counter defense. Genes in both partners
determine and regulate these mechanisms. A detailed understanding
of these genes provides basic biological insights as well as a
starting point for developing novel methods of crop protection
against pathogens. This volume deals with defense-related genes of
plants and their regulation as well as with the genes of microbes
involved in their interaction with plants. Our discussion begins at
the level of populations and addresses the complex interaction of
plant and microbial genes in multigenic disease resistance and its
significance for crop protection as compared to mono genic
resistance (Chap. 1). Although monogenic disease resistance may
have its problems in the practice of crop protection, it is
appealing to the experimentalist: in the so-called gene-for-gene
systems, single genes in the plant and in the pathogen specify the
compatibility or incompatibility of an interaction providing an
ideal experimental system for studying events at the molecular
level (Chaps. 2 and 4). Good progress has been made in identifying
viral, bacterial, and fungal genes important in virulence and host
range (Chaps. 3-6). An important aspect of plant-microbe
interactions is the exchange of chemical signals. Microbes can
respond to chemical signals of plant origin."
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