Preface | p. xv |
Acknowledgement | p. xvii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Strategies Not Depending on Genome Modification | p. 1 |
Strategies Depending on Genome Modification | p. 2 |
Strategies Depending on Induction of Natural Defense Mechanisms | p. 4 |
Strategies Based on Direct Effects of Chemicals on Pathogens | p. 4 |
References | p. 5 |
Exclusion and Elimination of Microbial Plant Pathogens | p. 7 |
Exclusion of Microbial Plant Pathogens | p. 8 |
Seeds and Propagative Plant Materials | p. 8 |
Whole Plants | p. 12 |
Use of Disease-Free Planting Materials | p. 15 |
Improved Direct Tissue Blot Immunoassay (DTBIA) for Rapid Detection of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) (Lin et al. 2006) | p. 19 |
References | p. 19 |
Genetic Resistance of Crops to Diseases | p. 23 |
Fungal Diseases | p. 25 |
Genetic Basis of Resistance | p. 25 |
Molecular Basis of Resistance to Fungal Diseases | p. 50 |
Bacterial Diseases | p. 91 |
Genetic Basis of Resistance | p. 91 |
Molecular Basis of Resistance to Bacterial Diseases | p. 94 |
Viral Diseases | p. 109 |
Genetic Basis of Resistance | p. 109 |
Molecular Basis of Resistance to Viral Diseases | p. 119 |
Development of Sequence-Tagged Site (STS) Marker Linked to Bacterial Wilt Resistance Gene (Onozaki et al. 2004) | p. 132 |
References | p. 133 |
Transgenic Resistance to Crop Diseases | p. 171 |
Resistance to Virus Diseases | p. 172 |
Pathogen-Derived Resistance | p. 172 |
Resistance to Fungal Diseases | p. 188 |
Targeting Structural Components of Fungal Pathogens | p. 188 |
Use of Genes for Antifungal Proteins with Different Functions | p. 192 |
Resistance to Bacterial Diseases | p. 200 |
Alien Genes of Plants | p. 200 |
Ectopic Expression of Bacterial Elicitor | p. 201 |
Genes Interfering with Virulence Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogens | p. 202 |
Antibacterial Proteins of Diverse Origin | p. 203 |
Detection of Oxalate Oxidase Activity in Transgenic Peanut Plants (Livingstone et al. 2005) | p. 207 |
References | p. 207 |
Induction of Resistance to Crop Diseases | p. 219 |
Induction of Resistance to Fungal Diseases | p. 224 |
Biotic Inducers | p. 224 |
Abiotic Inducers | p. 232 |
Induction of Resistance to Bacterial Diseases | p. 240 |
Biotic Inducers | p. 242 |
Abiotic Inducers | p. 243 |
Induction of Resistance to Viral Diseases | p. 244 |
Abiotic Inducers | p. 245 |
Biotic Inducers | p. 246 |
References | p. 246 |
Molecular Biology of Biocontrol Activity Against Crop Diseases | p. 257 |
Identification and Differentiation of Biocontrol Agents | p. 257 |
Fungi as Biocontrol Agents | p. 258 |
Bacteria as Biocontrol Agents | p. 261 |
Molecular Basis of Biocontrol Potential | p. 263 |
Fungal Biocontrol Agents | p. 263 |
Bacterial Biocontrol Agents | p. 265 |
Improvement of Biocontrol Potential | p. 269 |
Fungal Biocontrol Agents | p. 269 |
Bacterial Biocontrol Agents | p. 270 |
Biocontrol Agent-Plant-Pathogen Interaction | p. 271 |
Plant-Biocontrol Agent Interaction | p. 271 |
Biocontrol Agent-Pathogen-Plant Interaction | p. 272 |
References | p. 273 |
Molecular Biology of Pathogen Resistance to Chemicals | p. 279 |
Resistance in Fungal Pathogens to Chemicals | p. 280 |
Identification of Fungicide Resistant Strains | p. 280 |
Resistance in Bacterial Pathogens to Chemicals | p. 290 |
Fungicide Resistance Monitoring | p. 292 |
References | p. 293 |
Glossary | p. 297 |
Index | p. 313 |
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