Brown -- The goal of durable resistance -- New ways of using R-genes -- Costs of resistance in crop improvement -- Fitness costs of R-gene defences -- Phenotypes of R-gene over-expression -- Requirements for R-protein function -- Necrotic phenotypes of R-gene mutants -- Summary of fitness costs of R-gene mutations -- R-genes in plant breeding -- Biotech innovation and genetic diversity -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References
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The Status and Prospects for Biotechnological Approaches for Attaining Sustainable Disease Resistance / David B. Collinge, Ewen Mullins, Birgit Jensen, Hans J.L. Jørgensen -- Introduction -- Factors to consider when generating disease-resistant crops -- Opportunities to engineer novel cultivars for disease resistance -- Technical barriers to engineering novel cultivars for disease resistance -- Approaches for identification and selection of genes important for disease resistance -- Promising strategies for engineering disease-resistant crops -- Future directions and issues -- References -- Biological Strategies Leading Towards Disease Resistance -- Engineering Barriers to Infection by Undermining Pathogen Effector Function or by Gaining Effector Recognition / Ali Abdurehim Ahmed, Hazel McLellan, Geziel Barbosa Aguilar, Ingo Hein, Hans Thordal-Christensen, Paul R.J. Birch -- Introduction -- Plant defence and effector function -- Strategies for engineering resistance -- Perspective -- References -- Application of Antimicrobial Proteins and Peptides in Developing Disease-Resistant Plants / Ashis Kumar Nandi -- Introduction -- Biological role of PR-proteins -- Antimicrobial peptides -- Regulation of PR-protein expression -- Biotechnological application of PR-protein genes in developing improved crop plants -- Future directions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Metabolic Engineering of Chemical Defence Pathways in Plant Disease Control / Fred Rook -- Introduction -- Present status of metabolic engineering in the control of plant disease -- Metabolic engineering: technical challenges and opportunities -- The outlook for metabolically engineering of disease resistance in crops -- References -- Arabinan: Biosynthesis and a Role in Host-Pathogen Interactions / Maria Stranne, Yumiko Sakuragi -- Introduction -- Biosynthesis and modification of arabinan -- Distribution of arabinan in different tissues and during development -- Role of arabinan in plant growth and development -- Roles of arabinan degrading enzymes in virulence of phytopathogenic fungi -- Roles of arabinan in pathogen interactions -- Conclusion -- References -- Transcription Factors that Regulate Defence Responses and Their Use in Increasing Disease Resistance / Prateek Tripathi, Aravind Galla, Roel C. Rabara, Paul J. Rushton -- Introduction -- Transcription factors and plant defence -- AP2/ERF transcription factors -- bZIP transcription factors -- WRKY transcription factors -- MYB transcription factors -- Other transcription factor families -- Can the manipulation of specific transcription factors deliver sustainable disease resistance? -- Have we chosen the right transgenes? -- Have we chosen the right expression strategies? -- What new ideas are there for the future of TF-based crop improvement? -- References -- Regulation of Abiotic and Biotie Stress Responses by Plant Hormones / Dominik K. Großkinsky, Eric van der Graaff, Thomas Roitsch -- Introduction -- Regulation of biotic stress responses by plant hormones -- Regulation of abiotic stress responses by plant hormones -- Conclusions and further perspectives -- References -- Case Studies for Groups of Pathogens and Important Crops. Why Is It Especially Advantageous to use Transgenic Strategies for these Pathogens or Crops? -- Engineered Resistance to Viruses: A Case of Plant Innate Immunity / Paula Pennant, Marc Fucks -- Introduction -- Mitigation of viruses -- Biotechnology and virus resistance -- Success stories -- Challenges of engineering RNAi-mediated resistance -- Benefits of virus-resistant transgenic crops -- Conclusions -- References -- Problematic Crops: 1. Potatoes: Towards Sustainable Potato Late Blight Resistance by Cisgenic R Gene Pyramiding / Kwang-Ryong Jo, Suxian Zhu, Yuling Bai, Ronald C.B. Hutten, G.J. Kessel, Vivianne G.A.A. Vleeshouwers, Evert Jacobsen, Richard G.F. Visser, Jack H. Vossen -- Potato late blight resistance breeding advocates GM strategies -- GM strategics for late blight resistance breeding -- Late blight-resistant GM varieties -- References -- Problematic Crops: 1. Grape: To Long Life and Good Health: Untangling the Complexity of Grape Diseases to Develop Pathogen-Resistant Varieties / Dario Cantu, M. Caroline Roper, Ann L.T. Powell, John M. Labavitch -- Introduction -- Introduction to grapevine pathology -- Approaches for the improvement of grapevine disease resistance -- Pierce's disease of grapevines: a case study -- References -- Developing Sustainable Disease Resistance in Coffee: Breeding vs. Transgenic Approaches / Avinash Kumar, Simmi P. Sreedharan, Nandini P. Shetty, Giridhar Parvatam -- Introduction -- Agronomic aspects of coffee -- Major threats to coffee plantations -- Breeding for disease resistance and pest management -- Various traits targeted for transgenic coffee development -- Bottlenecks in coffee transgenic development -- GM or hybrid joe: what choices to make? -- Acknowledgements -- Endnote -- References -- Webliographies -- Biotechnological Approaches for Crop Protection: Transgenes for Disease Resistance in Rice / Blanca San Segundo, Belén López-García, María Coca -- Introduction -- Plant immunity -- Transgenic approaches to engineer disease resistance in rice plants -- Targeted genome engineering -- Safety issues of genetically engineered rice -- Conclusions and future prospects -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Status of Transgenic Crops Around the World -- Status of Transgenic Crops in Argentina / Fernando F. Bravo-Almonacid, Maria Eugenia Segretin -- Transgenic crops approved for commercialization in Argentina -- Economic impact derived from transgenic crops cultivation -- Local developments -- Perspectives -- References -- The Status of Transgenic Crops in Australia / Michael Gilbert -- Introduction -- Government policies -- Field trials -- Crops deregulated -- Crops grown -- Public sentiment toward GM crops -- Value capture -- What is in the pipeline -- Summary -- Endnotes -- References -- Transgenic Crops in Spain / María Coca, Belén López-García, Blanca San Segundo -- Introduction -- Transgenic crops in Europe -- Transgenic crops in Spain -- Future prospects -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Biotechnology and Crop Disease Resistance in South Africa / Maryke Carstens, Dave K. Berger -- Genetically modified crops in South Africa -- Economic, social and health benefits of GM crops in South Africa -- Biotechnology initiatives for crop disease control in South Africa -- Future prospects -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Implications of Transgenic Technologies for Improved Disease Control -- Exploiting Plant Induced Resistance as a Route to Sustainable Crop Protection / Michael R. Roberts, Jane E. Taylor -- Introduction -- Examples of elicitors of induced resistance -- Priming of induced resistance -- Drivers and barriers to the adoption of plant activators in agriculture and horticulture -- Conclusions and future prospects -- References -- Biological Control Using Microorganisms as an Alternative to Disease Resistance / Dan Funck Jensen, Magnus Karlssun, Sabrina Sarrocco, Giovanni Vannacci -- Introduction -- Getting the right biocontrol organism -- New approaches for studying the biology of BCAs and biocontrol interactions -- Strategy for using biocontrol in IPM -- References -- Webliography -- TILLING in Plant Disease Control: Applications and Perspectives / Francesca Desiderio, Anna Maria Torp, Gianipiero Valè, Søren K. Rasmussen -- Concepts of forward and reverse genetics -- The TILLING procedure -- Mutagenesis -- DNA preparation and pooling of individuals -- Mutation discovery -- Identification and evaluation of the individual mutant -- Bioinformatics tools -- EcoTILLING -- Modified TILLING approaches -- Application of TILLING and TILLING-related procedures in disease resistance -- Perspectives -- References -- Fitness Costs of Pathogen Recognition in Plants and Their Implications for Crop Improvement / James K. M.
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Plant pathogen resistance biotechnology
International Standard Book Number
9781118867761
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Phytopathogenic microorganisms.
Plant biotechnology.
Plants-- Disease and pest resistance-- Molecular aspects.